PBS NewsHour

Colleges See Older Workforce Holding On to Coveted Positions

Clip: Season 2013 | 10m 38s

In academia, many professors remain working and teaching long past traditional retirement age, leaving younger potential professors shut out from highly coveted full-time, tenured positions. As part of a series on older workers, economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on how institutions are negotiating with aging faculty.

Aired: 03/18/13

Rating: NR

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