In domestic higher education, there is a problem of aging teaching staff, which raises discussions about the need for a special personnel policy to rejuvenate the staff. The paper examines issues of compatibility between the activities of an elderly university teacher and the realities of our time, and also considers possible ways to take into account the aging process when forming teaching staff. The methodological basis of the study was the analysis of scientific publications and generalized practical experience in studying the influence of a teacher’s age on the effectiveness of his activities. The empirical base was official statistics. In the course of the work, the following aspects were considered: the process of aging of the teaching staff; features of the health status of older teachers. A comparison was made between older and younger teachers. It is shown that, along with certain disadvantages, older teachers have a number of advantages over their younger colleagues. Possible ways to take into account the aging process when forming teaching staff are analyzed. Based on the analysis, conclusions and recommendations are formulated. In particular, it is shown that the existing methodology for regular competitive selection of teachers, taking into account the results of their activities over the past period, is quite well developed and does not require the use of special measures to “rejuvenate” the teaching staff.
Keywords: teaching staff, age, aging, elderly teacher, generational change, formation of teaching staff, university
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