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Wednesday, April 13, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
FacEx asks change for retirement rule
By Rebecca L. Cisek
Kansan staff writer
the mandatory retirement age for University of Kansas faculty members should be removed, according to a University goverance committee report released last week.
The Faculty Executive Committee asked the Faculty Senate Committee on Faculty Rights, Privileges and Responsibilities to make recommendations about removal of the policy.
KU faculty now must retire no later than age 70. Faculty in administrative positions must leave those positions and can return to teaching until age 70.
Grant Goodman, professor of history, said firefighters and tenured faculty were the only groups that still could be forced to retire at a certain age. A federal law that goes into effect in 1904, however, allows use of age as a means of force retirement for people in all occupations.
Goodman said several states had already acted on the matter. For example, Wisconsin has abolished mandatory retirement.
William Arnold, associate professor of sociology, said the idea behind the mandatory retirement age was to make room for new people.
The opposing view, Goodman said, is that people ought to be allowed to work as long as they wish.
Sam Anderson, associate professor emeritus of Slavic languages and literature who retired in 1985, said he
had enjoyed the activity as a professor more than retirement.
At the same time, Anderson said, it would be bad if a professor's colleagues had to decide whether he were unfit to teach.
He said he might favor mandatory retirement but only if it were at a higher are, such as 75.
Arnold said that most people wanted to retire as soon as it was economically feasible. If KU offered a choice of retirement packages, people wouldn't stay on, he said.
Millie Smith, director of staff benefits, said KU now had a program of phased retirement. Faculty members 60-65 years old can take a lighter teaching load, but they are paid only for part-time teaching.
The benefits, however, remain the same as for full-time faculty members. The University continues to contribute the full amount to the faculty member's retirement fund, and the professor contributes an amount based on the lighter teaching load. A faculty member who selects this option must agree to retire at age 65.
Goodman said KU's early retirement was not attractive and few people had used it. But, he said, several large universities have good programs.
The University must be prepared for the new regulation, he said, and must increase the benefits to people who retire early.
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