Recruitment, Retention, and Retirement in Higher Education : Building and Managing the Faculty of the Future

by Clark, Robert Louis; Ma, Jennifer

• ISBN13: 9781845421854
• ISBN10: 184542185X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-30
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub

Table of Contents

List of figures	vii
List of tables	ix
List of contributors	xi
Foreword	xiii
Herbert M. Allison, Jr
Changing faculty demographics and the need for new policies	1	(22)
Robert L. Clark
Filling the gap: finding and keeping faculty for the university of the future	23	(9)
Molly Corbett Broad
The changing nature of faculty employment	32	(21)
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Liang Zhang
The growing postdoctorate population at US research universities	53	(27)
Jennifer Ma
Paula E. Stephan
Planning for the generational turnover of the faculty: faculty perceptions and institutional practices	80	(21)
Jerry Berberet
Betsy E. Brown
Carole J. Bland
Kelly R. Risbey
Carroll-Ann Trotman
The future of retiree health benefits in higher education in the United States	101	(34)
Sylvester J. Schieber
Impact of retiree health plans on faculty retirement decisions	135	(35)
John Rust
Faculty recruitment, retention and retirement: a case study of human resources policymaking at Syracuse University	170	(15)
John L. Palmer
Michael A. Flusche
Myra Z. Johnson
The value of phased retirement	185	(24)
Steven G. Allen
Faculty retirement incentives by colleges and universities	209	(30)
John Pencavel
To phase or not to phase: the dynamics of choosing phased retirement in academe	239	(13)
David W. Leslie
Natasha Janson
Phasing out of full-time work at the University of California	252	(7)
Ellen Switkes
The costs and benefits of early retirement plans	259	(8)
John B. Shoven
Recruitment, retention and retirement: institutional research and the need for data	267	(9)
Michael A. Baer
Deborah A. Freund
Charlotte V. Kuh
David E. Shulenburger
Richard R. Spies
Developing new employment and compensation policies in higher education	276	(11)
Robert L. Clark
Madeleine B. d'Ambrosio
Index	287