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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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The End of Mandatory Retirement and Its Implications for Academic Medicine.
Jones, Robert F.
Academic Medicine, v66 n12 p711-18 Dec 1991
The history of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1986 is reviewed, and planning/management issues for medical colleges facing the end of mandatory age-based faculty retirement are examined. Early planning to improve faculty evaluation and development, clarify financial guarantees of tenure, review space utilization, and make retirement attractive are recommended. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Aging in Academia, College Administration, College Planning, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Development, Faculty Evaluation, Federal Legislation, Higher Education, Mandatory Retirement, Medical Education, Medical School Faculty, Medical Schools, Professional Education, Research, Research Needs, Retirement Benefits, School Responsibility, Space Utilization, Teacher Retirement, Tenure
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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