How does financial literacy affect the higher education workforce’s debt levels, savings behavior and overall financial wellness?
Higher Education Workforce Trends
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Evolving Faculty Patterns
Today about 70% of faculty at U.S. institutions hold full- or part-time nontenure-track positions. The TIAA Institute focuses on such issues as the quality of student learning, making the most of the growing contingent faculty and reluctant retirees.
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September 2022
How do higher education employees view their retirement readiness in the context of a volatile and depressed stock market and price inflation not seen in 40 years?
July 2022
Employee retention has become an institutional priority as the Great Resignation takes root in higher education.
March 2022
Most of the time, when we talk about how faculty are recruited, appointed, retained and promoted, we are discussing a problem.
June 2021
Short-term appointments in the academic workforce account for roughly two thirds of all faculty positions. Yet little is known about this segment’s financial needs, experiences and professional stability.
March 2021
As colleges and universities search for viable paths to continue operating in the face of COVID-19, higher education employees have been affected in many ways, including financial.
March 2021
Since the onset of COVID-19, 22% of the full-time higher education workforce have become less confident that they will have enough money to live comfortably throughout retirement. At the same time, 9% have become more confident.
January 2021
How will COVID-19 affect retirement patterns among senior faculty and how can institutions respond?
March 2019
The ranks of adjunct faculty have increased rapidly in recent decades. How are these individuals faring financially?