Edging Professors into Retirement
July 2, 2019
A longtime humanities professor has called for a mandatory retirement age for his profession, arguing that “my generation needs to think as carefully as possible whether the time has come to turn the helm over to the next generation.” In Issues not long ago, a newly minted professor emeritus in public policy offered a similar if less drastic proposal, asking universities to make it easier for professors to retire but continue part-time research, citing his own positive experience at work and in life satisfaction while also enabling more younger faculty to get started.