The End of Mandatory Retirement and Its Implications for Academic Medicine

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...

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Published inAcademic medicine Vol. 66; no. 12; p. 711
Main Author Jones, Robert F
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.12.1991
Subjects
Age Discrimination in Employment Act 1986
Aged
Aging in Academia
College Administration
College Planning
Faculty - statistics & numerical data
Faculty College Relationship
Faculty Development
Faculty Evaluation
Federal Legislation
Higher Education
Humans
Mandatory Retirement
Medical Education
Medical School Faculty
Medical Schools
Professional Education
Research Needs
Retirement - legislation & jurisprudence
Retirement Benefits
School Responsibility
Schools, Medical - economics
Schools, Medical - organization & administration
Space Utilization
Teacher Retirement
Tenure
United States
United States
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Summary: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)
ISSN:1040-2446
DOI:10.1097/00001888-199112000-00001