THE COMING WAVE OF RETIREMENTS

The Art and Science of Managing Faculty Retirements

By DAVID L. WHEELER

With the average age of faculty members going up and the number of students expected to go down, many colleges are encouraging professors to retire. That is not a universal urge — in some regions of the country, like the Southwest, colleges anticipate rising enrollments, and...

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