Princeton's Orley Ashenfelter and Berkeley's David Card found that the fraction of faculty expected to remain employed until age 72 has risen from less than 10 percent to about 50 percent since 1994, when mandatory retirement of tenured faculty at age 70 was completely abolished. The researchers conclude that the increase will be experienced at all types of institutions and among all disciplines. Their results contradict two 1991 studies which suggested that the elimination of mandatory retirement was unlikely to have a significant impact on retirement at most institutions. We observed what happens to people when they hit that 70 threshold. The Bulletin is published weekly during the academic year, except during University breaks and exam weeks, by the Office of Communications, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544.
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