As professors retire, financially pressed universities are cutting tenure-track positions.
The professor made a bow and retired into the hall.
Most new tenure-track positions are created when older professors retire.
"When a professor retires, his position is not filled."
But his time of learning came immediately when the professor retired.
A professor at Stanford, now retired.
Fulfillment of a professor's post often requires that the previous professor has retired.
When a full professor retires at 65 (pension age in the Netherlands), the professor becomes emeritus professor.
When a grant fizzles, when a professor resigns, retires or just buys a new computer, work can get lost.
The technician's statement that the professor had retired was a falsehood.
