This Institute-convened conference featured presentations of original research and facilitated discussions on issues of strategic importance with critical implications for the future vitality of high education. At the conference, nationally prominent researchers and senior academic administrators joined together in an exchange of concerns, challenges, and opportunities associated with issues such as:
- aging of the faculty
- changing economic conditions and shifts in faculty employment patterns
- rapid increases in health care costs and the trend in retiree health insurance
- adoption of phased and early retirement programs
