Efforts to Address the Aging Academic Workforce: Assessing Progress Through a Three-Stage Model of Institutional Change
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2017
Abstract
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.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Innovative Higher Education
First Page
225
Last Page
237
Recommended Citation
Kaskie, B., Walker, M., & Andersson, M. (2017). Efforts to Address the Aging Academic Workforce: Assessing Progress Through a Three-Stage Model of Institutional Change. Innovative Higher Education, 42 (3), 225-237. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10755-016-9380-9