CBC: UPEI mandatory retirement hearings end
A P.E.I. Human Rights Commission panel heard closing arguments Tuesday on whether mandatory retirement at the University of Prince Edward Island is discriminatory.
Three university employees were forced to retire at age 65 in 2005: Richard Wills, a professor in sociology and anthropology; Yogi Fell, a staff member at the Atlantic Veterinary College; and psychology professor Thomy Nilsson.
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The Chronicle: Long-Serving President of U. of Virginia Will Retire Next Year
John T. Casteen III, the longtime president of the University of Virginia, announced today that he would step down at the end of the 2009-10 academic year.
Mr. Casteen, who is 65 and has been president of the university since 1990, is known as a forceful advocate for increasing the ethnic and socioeconomic diversity of the university’s Charlottesville campus, which for much of its history has been mostly white, male, and privileged.
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The New York Times: Brandeis Halts Retirement Payments
Buffeted earlier this year by the outcry over its plans to raise money by closing its art museum and selling the collection, Brandeis University said this week that it would suspend payments to the retirement accounts of faculty and staff members starting in July.
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