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...large fraction of the faculties throughout the nation are composed of professors tenured in the 1950s and 1960s in response to the expanding student enrollments of the baby boom generation. "If the mandatory age is uncapped when these professors reach retirement age in the next 12 years, they will clog up the tenure system," says Shattuck...
Assuming that the exemption from the mandatory retirement age will not be renewed, the University is currently considering a number of possible plans to alleviate an anticipated clog up of the tenure system...
...harmful to universites to clog the ranks," says Riesman. He retired by his own choice because "I should make way for someone, provided I have the facilities to work...
...desperate man. Lewis (not his real name) had been suffering from severe heart disease for most of his adult life. His condition was due largely to a genetic disorder that afflicts 1 in 500 Americans, causing abnormally high levels of cholesterol to accumulate in the blood and ultimately clog the arteries. In Lewis' case, the strictest low-fat diet and all the drugs that medicine could muster had failed to control the problem. By the time he was 47, his arteries were so blocked--a condition known as atherosclerosis--that he required quadruple-bypass surgery. Nine years later a double...
...million), formerly Upper Volta, has lost little of its charm since the country gained independence from France in 1960. But the spacious avenues, bustling with mopeds and bicycles, belie the surrounding poverty. About 850 miles away in Accra, the capital of neighboring Ghana (pop. 14.3 million), where decrepit vehicles clog potholed streets, decay is all too evident. Yet despite the dilapidated economies of the two countries, they share a surprising amount of hope, largely because of the determination of their leaders. Once backed by extreme leftist elements, both men now appear committed to pursuing a pragmatic, less doctrinaire route...