Resolution 77-78-08

Forced Retirement; Merit; Tenure and Promotion

I move the following resolution be sent to House-Senate conferees on H.R. 5383 as an expression of the Faculty Senate: We consider the Atenured professor exemption@, which prohibits institutions of higher education from retiring any person until the age 70, except only such members of the faculty as may be tenured, to violate the principle that individuals should be judged on the basis of merit and ability. Legislation that employs age as the basis for making a discriminatory classification of faculty members, and which would permit the forced retirement of a competent tenured teacher or scholar five years earlier than it would permit the forced retirement of any other competent person, is unacceptable.

Resolution Number: 77-78-08

Author: Senate Executive Board

Date November 16, 1977

Action Taken: Referred to Senate Executive Board