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      10.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Mandatory
      Retirement:
     
     
      A
      Serious
      Mistake
     
    
   
   
    
     
      by
      Marko
      Peric
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Probably
      everyone
      has
      heard
     
     
      that
      UPEI
      has
      introduced
      some
     
     
      new
      rules
      regarding
      the
      retire-
     
     
      ment
      of
      professors.
      There
      is
      an
     
     
      early
      retirement
      package
      for
     
     
      faculty
      over
      the
      age
      of
      55,
      and
      a
     
     
      mandatory
      retirement
      clause
     
     
      applying
      to
      those
      65
      and
      over.
     
     
      This
      means
      that
      a
      number
      of
     
     
      professors
      will
      not
      be
      returning
     
     
      next
      year.
     
    

    
     
      The
      current
      plan
      involves
     
     
      replacing
      the
      retiring
      instructors
     
     
      with
      sessionals,
      most
      of
      whom
     
     
      would
      only
      be
      here
      on
      nine
      month
     
     
      contracts.
     
    

    
     
      In
      this
      age
      of
      shrinking
     
     
      budgets,
      clearly
      UPEI
      has
      to
      cut
     
     
      costs
      in
      some
      areas.
      But
      this
     
     
      strategy
      is
      not
      a
      wise
      way
      to
      save
     
     
      money.
      Sessional
      instructors
      are
     
     
      paid
      less
      than
      tenured
      faculty,
      but
     
     
      the
      old
      cliche
      holds
      true
      --
      you
     
     
      get
      what
      you
      pay
      for.
      There
      is
      no
     
     
      substitute
      for
      experience.
     
    

    
     
      This
      is
      not
      intended
      to
      slight
     
     
      those
      instructors
      whose
      Phd
     
     
      certificates
      are
      still
      warm
      --
      many
     
     
      are
      good
      teachers.
      But
      it
      takes
      a
     
     
      wide
      variety
      of
      educators
      to
     
     
      create
      a
      quality
      institution.
      UPEI
     
     
      needs
      sixty
      year
      old
      profs
      just
      as
     
     
      much
      as
      it
      needs
      thirty
      year
      old
     
     
      ones.
      It’s
      sad
      when
      youth
      need-
     
     
      lessly
      displaces
      experience.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      What’s
      more,
      if
      these
      new
     
     
      sessionals
      are
      only
      here
      for
      one
     
     
      year,
      it
      will
      be
      difficult
      to
      have
     
     
      any
      sort
      of
      a
      relationship
      with
     
     
      them.
      After
      taking
      a
      class
      or
      two
     
     
      with
      a
      prof,
      a
      student
      can
      built
      a
     
     
      rapport
      with
      the
      instructor.
      It
      will
     
    
   
   
    
     
      be
      impossible
      to
      have
      any
      such
     
    
   
   
    
     
      relationship
      with
      someone
      who
      is
     
     
      only
      here
      for
      a
      single
      year.
      What
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      would
      be
      the
      point
      of
      getting
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      know
      a
      professor
      who
      isn’t
      going
     
    
   
   
    
     
      to
      be
      around
      in
      the
      fall?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      With
      enrollment
      falling,
     
     
      UPEI
      is
      trying
      to
      build
      a
      good
     
     
      reputation.
      We
      already
      do
      poorly
     
     
      in
      the
      MacLean’
      rankings.
      Gut-
     
     
      ting
      the
      ranks
      of
      tenured
      faculty
     
     
      certainly
      won’t
      help.
     
    

    
     
      These
      new
      rules
      are
      a
      seri-
     
     
      ous
      blunder.
      Hopefully
      the
      ad-
     
     
      ministration
      will
      see
      that
      it
      is
      a
     
     
      mistake
      before
      any
      more
      of
      our
     
     
      faculty
      are
      put
      out
      to
      pasture.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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