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Morrison, Malcolm H. – Aging and Work, 1982
Future developments in the areas of employer policies and retirement age choice of employees are uncertain because of the inability to predict public policy regarding retirement benefit programs. (JOW)
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Employment Practices, Futures (of Society), Personnel Policy
Peer reviewedHughes, Geoffrey C. – Research in Higher Education, 1981
The 1978 Amendments to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act establishes the mandatory retirement age at 70. The implications for higher education are discussed, a steady-state model is examined, and an alternative is offered. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Employment Practices, Federal Legislation, Higher Education
Baroni, Barry J. – Personnel Administrator, 1981
Highlights some of the main provisions of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and its 1978 amendments and also reviews some case-law interpretations under the Act. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
St. Thomas, Sister; Kennedy, M. Patricia – 1980
Methodology and findings are reported for a study conducted to determine the need for change in the faculty tenure system at Norwich University (NU). The report first presents background information concerning NU and reviews the literature on tenure. Study procedures are then outlined: an analysis of NU tenure regulations as revealed in committee…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Court Litigation, Declining Enrollment
Download full textBlackburn, John O.; Schiffman, Susan – 1980
The impact of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act Amendments of 1978 (ADEA) and possible options for adjusting to the impact were estimated for members institutions of the Consortium on Financing Higher Education (COFHE). Questionnaire information was gathered on active, departed, and retired faculty from 27 individual COFHE institutions.…
Descriptors: Age, College Faculty, Employment Opportunities, Federal Legislation
Institute for Research in Social Behavior, Berkeley, CA. – 1980
Retirement plans and concerns of tenured faculty 40 years old and older were evaluated in 1979. For the sample of 26 member institutions of the Consortium on Financing Higher Education, 1,193 faculty members returned usable questionnaires. The evaluation focused on the following: characteristics of the faculty respondents, current circumstances…
Descriptors: Age, College Faculty, Economic Factors, Educational Finance
Consortium on Financing Higher Education, Cambridge, MA. – 1981
Proceedings of a 1980 Brown University conference on faculty retirement are presented. Papers and authors are as follows: "A Review of Current Legal Status and National Policy Issues" (Laura C. Ford); "Mandatory Retirement Age Legislation for Tenured Faculty: The Policy Issues and Their Context" (W. Lee Hansen);…
Descriptors: Age, College Faculty, Contracts, Economic Climate
