Why Don't Professors Retire?

It's illegal for colleges and universities to pressure us--but why hasn't the pandemic sparked conversations about what would make retirement attractive and clear the way for younger faculty?

Apologies to paid subscribers, who will have received this twice: mistakenly, I excluded free subscribers from the original post.

The people have spoken: Wednesday’s column about Ethel Rosenberg was widely read and shared, bringing many new subscribers into our community! Thanks to those of you who signed up for, or converted to, the paid model and those…