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Earth Sciences Dean Allan Cox, 60, died late last month when the bicycle he was riding left the roadway an struck a large tree head-on. He tumbled about 100 feet off the road, where he died of massive head injuries, The Stanford Daily reported...
...However Cox also enjoys the release from the logistical demands of full tenureship. "I am happily free from faculty meetings," he says...
...Cox decided to continue teaching. The winter before his retirement he worked out an arrangement with the Boston University Law School because "I love teaching." Cox currently teaches half time at the Law School and still retains his office at Harvard...
Most professors, with the exception of Cox, say that they do not miss teaching at all. They retired on their own accord to pursue other interests and make use of the free time that would otherwise have been spent on faculty duties...
...Cox claims that a demographic problem will also affect higher education if professors are not forced to retire. Institutions that expanded their faculty to accommodate the numerous students of the baby boom will have fewer opportunities for younger academic talent, he says...