All the 83 selected statements were passed through a group of fifty (50) judges for their responses towards each statement on eleven-point continuum varying from extremely unfavourable to extremely favourable. The thirty (30) judges returned their statements with their ratings. 24 statements having Q value three and less than three were selected for the final scale to measure attitude towards increased retirement age of academicians. It was studied that majority of the old age male and female academicians with high service experience had favourable attitude towards increased retirement age. It was also analyzed that the gender was significantly correlated and inferred that the young male teachers were against and female teachers were favoured the increased retirement age of college teachers.
Academician, attitude measurement, attitude scale, equal-appearing intervals, retirement age
