ERIC Number: EJ1139970
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Jun
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Efforts to Address the Aging Academic Workforce: Assessing Progress through a Three-Stage Model of Institutional Change
Kaskie, Brian; Walker, Mark; Andersson, Matthew
Innovative Higher Education, v42 n3 p225-237 Jun 2017
The aging of the academic workforce is becoming more relevant to policy discussions in higher education. Yet there has been no formal, large-scale analysis of institutional efforts to develop policies and programs for aging employees. We fielded a representative survey of human resource specialists at 187 colleges and universities across the United States and found that most institutions did not identify the aging workforce as a primary concern. Still, three out of every eight campuses had made some effort to implement age-targeted policies and programs; and these efforts were more likely to occur at institutions with a greater number of employees and with human resources staff who had training in issues related to an aging workforce.
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), School Personnel, Human Resources, Surveys, Personnel Policy, Labor Force, Organizational Change, Models
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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