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Murphy, Carole H. – Academe, 2009
About 25 percent of faculty working in the United States will reportedly consider retiring in the next five to seven years. As one of this 25 percent, the author has been researching what she needs to know to retire. What she found initially was a lot of misinformation. To complicate matters, the world has changed over the past year, causing those…
Descriptors: Financial Services, Retirement, Economic Climate, Human Resources
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Maloney, Wendi A. – Academe, 2007
This article talks about the retired faculty members from different types of institutions around the country that were interviewed to find out how well their preparations for retirement are serving them now. Like other state employees in California, faculty members at public institutions participate in the California Public Employees' Retirement…
Descriptors: Teacher Retirement, College Faculty, Retirement Benefits, State Universities
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Manicone, Nicolas – Academe, 2008
Almost thirty years ago, Justice William Brennan saw clearly that American higher education was coming under the same pressures to "cut costs and increase efficiencies" to which market forces were subjecting businesses. Since Justice Brennan's observation, employers generally have sought to maximize their "flexibility' by creating a…
Descriptors: Retirement Benefits, Job Security, College Faculty, Tenure
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Bryan, E. Lewis; Cash, L. Stephen – Academe, 1986
Congress' proposed revision of the Internal Revenue Code could have a significant impact on the retirement options available to educators. Some retirement and tax shelter plans are reviewed including: Individual Retirement Accounts, Keogh plans, Section 403(b) of the Code, and retirement and estate planning. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Estate Planning, Fringe Benefits, Higher Education
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Rabban, David M. – Academe, 1982
The debate over whether and how TIAA-CREF should provide equal periodic retirement benefits to men and women despite different life expectancies is discussed, along with the status of court litigation and company action. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Court Litigation, Higher Education, Mathematical Formulas
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Weisbart, Steven N. – Academe, 1984
An officer of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund responds to an article criticizing the funds' pension policy issues and performance. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Financial Services, Higher Education, Investment
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Bastable, C. W.; Fogg, Stephen L. – Academe, 1982
The benefits of the new Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association graded-benefit method and traditional level-benefit program are compared. Several possible typical situations are analyzed for both plans, showing net yearly incomes projected through retirement and considering tax rates. (MSE)
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Estate Planning, Higher Education, Income