Life and academic activities of professors emeriti and retired professors on University of Maribor

Abstract

Higher education lecturers go through a long de-velopmental path from graduate students to aca-demic title of professor. On this path, the most delicate period is the retirement. The age of 60 or 65, which is approximately the same as the retire-ment age in most developed countries, is sup-posed to be the onset of old age. Today, when we live longer and healthier, irreparable damage would occur if society and the state didn't take advantage of the knowledge, wisdom and skills that senior professors have accumulated throughout their careers. The vast majority of senior professors could still contribute and par-ticipate in the development of society. In our ar-ticle, we presented the results of a survey regard-ing the academic and life activities of senior pro-fessors, members of the Center for Retired and Distinguished higher education teachers of the University of Maribor. The results showed that the vast majority of retired and professors emer-iti were still active in academic life and contrib-uted to the development and functioning of the University.