Research Dialogue

Research Dialogue, published since 1984, presents in-depth analyses of research findings on both lifelong financial security and higher education issues. A technical publication, reports include methodology, data sources and implications of findings. Recent titles include:

  • Late Career Faculty Perceptions: Implications for Retirement Planning and Policymaking
  • The Reshaping of America’s Academic Workforce
  • Recruitment, Retention and Retirement: Compensation and Employment Policies For Higher Education

Recent Articles/Videos

Aug 2011
Issue # 103
Motivating Reluctant Retirees in Higher Education: Interviews with College Administrators and Senior Faculty

    Jean Foster
    Research Director
    Mathew Greenwald & Associates, Inc.

    Linda Naiditch
    Assistant Vice President
    Mathew Greenwald & Associates, Inc.

    Lisa Politzer
    Senior Research Associate
    Mathew Greenwald & Associates, Inc.

Jul 2011
Issue # 102
The Governance of University Endowments: Insights from a TIAA-CREF Institute Survey

    Jeffrey R. Brown
    University of Illinois, NBER and TIAA-CREF Institute

    Stephen Dimmock
    Nanyang Technological University

    Junk-Koo Kang
    Nanyang Technological University

    David Richardson
    TIAA-CREF Institute

    Scott Weisbenner
    University of Illinois and NBER

Jun 2011
Issue # 101
Senior Faculty Satisfaction: Perceptions of Associate and Full Professors at Seven Public Research Universities

    Cathy Ann Trower, Ph.D.
    Research Director, Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE)
    Harvard Graduate School of Education
    TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow

Feb 2011
Issue # 100
Fees, Framing, and Financial Literacy in the Choice of Pension Manager

    Justine Hastings
    Yale University and NBER

    Olivia S. Mitchell
    Department of Insurance & Risk Management,
    The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

    Eric Chyn
    NBER and the Institution for Social Policy
    Studies (ISPS) at Yale

Jan 2011
Issue # 99
Pensions and Public School Teacher Retirement
An Analysis Using National Teacher Data

    Leora Friedberg
    University of Virginia and TIAA-CREF

    Sarah Turner
    University of Virginia and NBER

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