Jean-Yves Drans v. Providence College

This appeal is a sequel to our holding in Drans v. Providence College, 119 R.I. 845, 383 A.2d 1033 (1978). There, the controversy centered around the issue of whether Jean-Yves Drans, a tenured professor at Providence College as of 1960, was subject to the mandatory retirement age of sixty-five established by the college in 1969. Following an extended discussion of the merits of the arguments of both parties and amici curiae, we determined that

“the college had the authority to institute a retirement policy for all its faculty members, including those with tenure, but that this power is…