Attracting and retaining faculty is essential to maintaining productivity at institutions of higher education. They are at a critical juncture as they attempt to achieve their teaching goals. This volume examines some of the most pressing employment and compensation issues confronting academic administrators.
Author(s): Robert Louis Clark, Jennifer Ma
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 293
Contents......Page 5
Figures......Page 7
Tables......Page 9
Contributors......Page 11
Foreword......Page 13
1. Changing faculty demographics and the need for new policies......Page 15
2. Filling the gap: finding and keeping faculty for the university of the future......Page 37
3. The changing nature of faculty employment......Page 46
4. The growing postdoctorate population at US research universities......Page 67
5. Planning for the generational turnover of the faculty: faculty perceptions and institutional practices......Page 94
6. The future of retiree health benefits in higher education in the United States......Page 115
7. Impact of retiree health plans on faculty retirement decisions......Page 149
8. Faculty recruitment, retention and retirement: a case study of human resources policymaking at Syracuse University......Page 184
9. The value of phased retirement......Page 199
10. Faculty retirement incentives by colleges and universities......Page 223
11. To phase or not to phase: the dynamics of choosing phased retirement in academe......Page 253
12. Phasing out of full-time work at the University of California......Page 266
13. The costs and benefits of early retirement plans......Page 273
14. Recruitment, retention and retirement: institutional research and the need for data......Page 281
15. Developing new employment and compensation policies in higher education......Page 290
Index......Page 301
