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Book SynopsisIn 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 definitiv
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*List of Figures and Tables, pg. vii*Acknowledgment, pg. xi*CHAPTER ONE. Background and Plan of Study, pg. 3*CHAPTER Two. Analysis of Flow Data, pg. 9*CHAPTER THREE. Age Distributions of the Tenured Faculty, pg. 30*CHAPTER FOUR. Age and Faculty Productivity, pg. 53*CHAPTER FIVE. Survey Results, pg. 79*CHAPTER Six. Conclusions, pg. 90*APPENDIX A. Advisory Committee to the Project on Faculty Retirement, pg. 97*APPENDIX B. Institutions Included in the Final Sample, pg. 99*APPENDIX C Broad Discipline Categories Used in This Study, pg. 101*Selected References, pg. 103
