retirement

Retiring in a Time of Economic Uncertainty

Stop ignoring those TIAA-CREF statements and take control of your retirement.

The Merits of Emeriti

The silver tide of faculty retirement continues to ebb and flow. While much of today’s scholarship on faculty retirement focuses on the financial implications for colleges and universities, arguing that older faculty members clog up the faculty pipeline, cost more in salary and benefits, and are ineffective teachers who fear technology, little research addresses the retired faculty member’s experience.

Resources on Retirement

AAUP Policy Statements, Reports, and Analysis 

Statement of Principles on Academic Retirement and Insurance Plans. 1988 revision.

Other AAUP Resources

2007 Survey of Changes in Faculty Retirement Policies. 2007. By Valerie Martin Conley. An update of the 2000 survey.

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