In addition, tenure can be used as a measure to select which professors the university wants to keep. After tenure, a number of options open for the professors as they reach retirement the final stretch of their long trek. I've thoroughly enjoyed my teaching career. When I did it, it was relatively easy. After they retire, professors still have the choice to continue teaching or doing research.
Professors can still be active after retirement.
Because they have given up their formal obligation, emeritus faculty, or those that have retired, are only paid through the university retirement system, he said. Rudnick, who received his Ph. D. in 1970, plans to retire when he turns 70. As Appleby reaches this stage in her life, she reflected on her journey as a professor. I wish I learned certain lessons earlier. I would strive to improve.