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Responding to reports that the title "emeritus" may be an albatross for professors seeking an active retirement, the Faculty Council yesterday considered an alternative title for Faculty ending their teaching careers...
...Council heard a proposal that would create "research professor" positions--non-salaried, non-teaching alternatives to the emeritus designation, which Faculty could choose to accept for the first five years of their retirement...
...Faculty members trying to get [research] grants often find it difficult if their label is professor emeritus," said Council member and Mallinckrodt Professor of Applied Physics William Paul. "Because older Faculty have trouble getting grants anyway, being labeled as retired makes things double difficult...
After five years as a research professor, the retired professor would automatically become a professor emeritus. Research professor positions would be non-renewable...
...determining factor in a decision to encourage Faculty to leave. The staff has no evidence--empirical or otherwise--to indicate that age causes incompetence. If anything, we have encountered a positive correlation between longevity and teaching interest and ability. While we encourage all professors to retire or accept emeritus status if they feel the Faculty and student bodies would benefit from a replacement, no one should be bought...