Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction: Changing Retirement Policies and Patterns in Higher Education; 2. Faculty Retirement at Three North Carolina Universities; 3. Age-Based Retirement Incentives for Tenured Faculty Members: Satisfying the Legal Requirements; 4. Survey of Early Retirement Practices in Higher Education; 5. Cornell Confronts the End of Mandatory Retirement; 6. The University of California Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Programs; 7. Ending Mandatory Retirement in Two State Universities; 8. Intangible and Tangible Retirement Incentives
9. Faculty Retirement: Reflections on Experience in an Uncapped Environment10. Reflections on an Earlier Study of Mandatory Retirement: What Came True and What We Can Still Learn; List of Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Summary
What impact has the end of mandatory retirement had on colleges and universities as well as on the academic job market? From the Wharton School, To Retire or Not? outlines the critical issues associated with faculty aging, retirement policy, and human resource needs in higher education over the next decades
