Retirement Issues

Retirement Issues
Exiled in Maine
Mar 24, 2014
Anger at faculty layoffs at Southern Maine boils over. Professors say administration is attacking tenure, pitting younger and older faculty members against one another, and undermining liberal arts.
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Adjuncts, Retirements and Sexual Harassment: A Survey of Campus HR Leaders

Sept. 29, 2014: Inside Higher Ed's 2014 Survey of College and University Human Resources Officers explored the views of these key campus leaders on issues such as adjunct pay, retirement, and

The survey was conducted in conjunction with researchers from Gallup. Inside Higher Ed regularly surveys key higher ed professionals on a range of topics.

A copy of the report can be downloaded here.

On Oct. 13, Inside Higher Ed Editors Doug Lederman and Scott Jaschik led a free webinar analyzing the survey's findings and answering readers' questions. View the webinar here.

The survey was made possible in part by financial support from SkillSurvey and Workday.

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TIAA-CREF survey reveals adjuncts' concerns about having enough savings in retirement
June 25, 2015

TIAA-CREF survey reveals adjunct faculty members' concerns about having enough savings to retire. Experts say the situation for most adjuncts is even more dire.

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College employees better prepared for retirement than general population
December 11, 2014

Higher ed employees plan to retire later than other Americans, but a survey suggests they do more financial planning for that eventuality.

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Survey suggests colleges are passing ACA-related cost increases on to employees
August 25, 2014

Unsure about how insurance costs will fare when Affordable Care Act is fully in place, institutions are passing on anticipated cost increases to employees, CUPA-HR survey suggests.

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Forum considers ideas for flexibility in faculty jobs
August 1, 2014

Among ideas discussed at conference: Free cleaning service or catering help in return for service work and use of paid sick days to care for aging parents.

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Discussion focuses on envisioning faculty models of the future
June 23, 2014

Adjuncts became the majority teaching force haphazardly over many decades, participants at TIAA-CREF symposium say. Now it's time to focus on creating better ways to employ the non-tenured.

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Fight over layoffs at University of Southern Maine boils over
March 24, 2014

Anger at faculty layoffs at Southern Maine boils over. Professors say administration is attacking tenure, pitting younger and older faculty members against one another, and undermining liberal arts.

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Carleton offers retiring professors opportunity to teach 'dream course'
February 4, 2014

At one small liberal arts college, retiring professors get one last chance to teach that course they've always wanted to.

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Study: Older faculty members feel financially ready for retirement, but don't have detailed plans
October 9, 2013

Professors approaching the end of their careers say that they are ready financially, survey finds, but relatively few have figured out their needs. And younger faculty know they don't have it figured out.

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Emeritus colleges allow professors to stay engaged
October 7, 2013

With many professors balking at giving up their intellectual homes, some institutions create emeritus colleges.

 

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Retiring professor says he's ready to leave academe and others should, too
August 6, 2013

Lots of faculty members are delaying retirement as long as possible. A Penn State political scientist says that's a bad idea -- and sets off debate when he follows through on his idea.

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