Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Background and Plan of Study; 2. Analysis of Flow Data; An Overview of the Flow Data; The Effects of Changes in Mandatory Retirement Age; The Effects of Differences in Pension Plans; 3. Age Distributions of the Tenured Faculty; Current Age Distributions; Projecting the Future; 4. Age and Faculty Productivity; Faculty Work Effort; Teaching Effectiveness; Research Output; 5. Survey Results; Surveys of Retirees; Surveys of Senior Faculty; 6. Conclusions; Appendix A Advisory Committee to the Project on Faculty Retirement. and Appendix B Institutions Included in the Final SampleAppendix C Broad Discipline Categories Used in This Study; Selected References.
Summary
In 1986 the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) was amended to abolish mandatory retirement for tenured faculty members in colleges and universities effective January 1, 1994. Will this ""uncapping"" of the retirement age adversely affect the vitality of academic departments or the prospects of advancement for younger scholars? In a definitive study of faculty retirement in the arts and sciences, Albert Rees and Sharon Smith seek to answer this question. Basing their conclusions on original data collected from thirty-three colleges and universities, they do much to resolve an issue.
