The Malaise of Tenure Decisions: A Proposal for Senior Faculty Reassignment at Sixty.

McLane, Charles B.

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ERIC Number: EJ201618

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Publication Date: 1979-Mar

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The Malaise of Tenure Decisions: A Proposal for Senior Faculty Reassignment at Sixty.

McLane, Charles B.

Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP, v65 n2 p133-36 Mar 1979

To make more tenured faculty positions available to young professors, a proposal that requires tenured professors to vacate their positions when they reach the age of 60 is presented. The financial implications of this proposal and possible roles for senior faculty are discussed. (SF)

Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Innovation, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Practices, Faculty Mobility, Faculty Promotion, Guidelines, Higher Education, Opinions, Personnel Policy, Seniority, Teacher Retirement, Tenure

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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