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I believe the answer is:

emeriti

(Other definitions for emeriti that I've seen before include "Honorary retired academics" , "Retired title-holders" , "(Of, say, professors) retired, but retaining title" , "old lecturers" , "Esteemed quondam staff" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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