For many years, universities had mandatory retirement ages: >Until 1982, retirement of faculty members at many universities was mandatory at age 65. Because of

For many years, universities had mandatory retirement ages: >Until 1982, retirement of faculty members at many universities was mandatory at age 65. Because of amendments to the ADEA, in 1982 the minimum allowable mandatory retirement age was increased to age 70. In 1986 Congress made additional amendments to the ADEA, prohibiting any mandatory retirement ages for most workers in the United States. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3737001/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3737001/