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Palmer, Bruce A. – Research Dialogues, 1993
This paper presents a method for higher education faculty and staff to assess pension plan objectives by determining a retirement income replacement ratio to maintain the salary-based preretirement standard of living. The paper describes the RETIRE Project which researches income replacement using the federal government's annual "Consumer…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Family Financial Resources, Financial Needs, Fringe Benefits
King, Francis P. – Research Dialogues, 1996
This issue describes the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF) life-annuity income options and traces the trends in their selection over a 17-year period, 1978-1994. Other income-related choices at or before retirement are also explored. The article emphasizes that participants in defined…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Economic Factors, Financial Needs, Fringe Benefits
Heim, Peggy – Research Dialogues, 1991
A national survey of college and university retirees in Spring 1990 sought to help institutions to assess benefit programs and provide services for retirees. The survey involved a nationwide cross section of 130 institutions of higher education from which responses were received from 19,126 retirees (40 percent retired faculty). Questions covered…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Colleges, Employment Practices, Faculty College Relationship