Advancing in Age

By PIPER FOGG

As the number of old professors at one university increases, so do the challenges

Read the transcript of a live, online discussion with Ronald G. Ehrenberg, director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, about the challenges and opportunities presented by the aging of the professoriate.

Charts: Changes to the proportion of tenured and tenure-track faculty members over age 50 in the University of North Carolina

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