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Ending mandatory retirement for tenured faculty : the consequences for higher education / P. Brett Hammond and Harriet P. Morgan, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Mandatory Retirement in Higher Education.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College teachers--Retirement--United States.
- College teachers.
- Universities and colleges--Faculty--Retirement--United States.
- Universities and colleges.
- Age discrimination--United States.
- Age discrimination.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 149 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1991.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Offers guidance not only for dealing with the elimination of mandatory retirement in higher education, but also for retirement-related issues facing colleges and universities. This book contains analyses of early retirement programs, faculty performance evaluation practices, pension and benefit policies, tenure policies, and more.
- Contents:
- 1 FRONT MATTER; 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 3 1 INTRODUCTION: FACULTY RETIREMENT AND AGE DISCRIMINATION; 4 2 EFFECTS OF UNCAPPING ON FACULTY RETIREMENT; 5 3 FACULTY PERFORMANCE AND INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY; 6 4 PENSIONS, RETIREMENT PROGRAMS, AND COSTS; 7 5 RETIREMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAMS; 8 6 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; 9 APPENDIX A: DESCRIPTION OF STUDY METHODS; 10 APPENDIX B: DISCUSSION OF NATIONAL FACULTY DATA BASES; 11 APPENDIX C: CHARACTERISTICS OF INSTITUTIONS AND FACULTY; 12 APPENDIX D: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF; 13 REFERENCES
- Notes:
- "Committee on Mandatory Retirement in Higher Education ... Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-149).
- ISBN:
- 9786610203666
- 9781280203664
- 1280203668
- 9780309583459
- 0309583454
- 9780585144450
- 0585144451
- OCLC:
- 614736720
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