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Recruitment, Retention And Retirement In Higher Education
Building and Managing the Faculty of the Future

Edited by Robert L. Clark, Professor of Economics and Professor of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, North Carolina State University, US and Jennifer Ma, formerly Senior Research Fellow, TIAA-CREF Institute, US
2005 320 pp Hardback 978 1 84542 185 4 £79.95 on-line discount £71.96
    This book is also available as an ebook 978 1 84542 554 8

‘This book enlightens the reader about two important policy issues, health care provision and retirement plans, by addressing both broad macro issues and specific concerns of higher education administrators. Such content is both valuable and practical for the concerned higher education researcher and administrator.’
– Marc Kaulisch, The Review of Higher Education

Attracting and retaining highly qualified faculty is essential to maintaining productivity at institutions of higher education. Colleges and universities are at a critical juncture in their history as they attempt to achieve their teaching and research goals. This volume examines some of the most pressing employment and compensation issues confronting academic administrators.

Contents: Foreword by Herbert M. Allison, Jr 1. Changing Faculty Demographics and the Need for New Policies 2. Filling the Gap: Finding and Keeping Faculty for the University of the Future 3. The Changing Nature of Faculty Employment 4. The Growing Postdoctorate Population at US Research Universities 5. Planning for the Generational Turnover of the Faculty: Faculty Perceptions and Institutional Practices 6. The Future of Retiree Health Benefits in Higher Education in the United States 7. Impact of Retiree Health Plans on Faculty Retirement Decisions 8. Faculty Recruitment, Retention and Retirement: A Case Study of Human Resources Policymaking at Syracuse University 9. The Value of Phased Retirement 10. Faculty Retirement Inventives by Colleges and Universities 11. To Phase or Not to Phase: The Dynamics of Choosing Phased Retirement in Academe 12. Phasing Out of Full-time Work at the University of California 13. The Costs and Benefits of Early Retirement Plans 14. Recruitment, Retention and Retirement: Institutional Research and the Need for Data 15. Developing New Employment and Compensation Policies in Higher Education Index Contributors: S.G. Allen, H.M. Allison, Jr., M.A. Baer, J. Berberet, C.J. Bland, M.C. Broad, B.E. Brown, R.L. Clark, M.B. d’Ambrosio, R.G. Ehrenberg, M.A. Flusche, D.A. Freund, N. Janson, M.Z. Johnson, C.V. Kuh, D.W. Leslie, J. Ma, J.L. Palmer, J. Pencavel, K.R. Risbey, J. Rust, S.J. Schieber, J.B. Shoven, D.E. Schulenburger, R.R. Spies, P.E. Stephan, E. Switkes, C.-A. Trotman, L. Zhang


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