Word: agee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Faculty members and administrators say that the structure of the tenure system itself presents a major obstacle in formulating responses to the federal law. They say there will be no way to assure that professors who remain in their posts after age 70 will stay productive, since tenured professors are never reviewed for their teaching and scholarship...
Many administrators and faculty say they are uncertain whether lifting the mandatory retirement age will bring the policy of lifetime tenure without review into question. But most say they doubt Harvard will change its policy, citing fears about the University's commitment to academic freedom...
...University's most pressing concerns about lifting the mandatory retirement age is that the current pension plan is designed for a set retirement age, Scott says...
...problem with respect to lifting mandatory retirement is that the longer the annuity is there, the greater the sum will be, so at some point not too soon after age 70, the pension will be greater than income," says Joan Bruce, the University benefits director...
...think there are going to be a lot of people saying they want to teach past 70. Most people I know really want to leave at age 65," says Lowell Professor of the Humanties William Alfred '49. "It doesn't look like a tough profession but it really is. They'd have to bring them in on ironing boards...