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TIAA-CREF Institute Series on Higher Education


Resources developed to support strategic planning and decision making by higher education leaders.

BOOKS

  • Recruitment, Retention and Retirement in Higher Education (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005)
    Based on a conference convened by the Institute in April 2004, issues addressed include: the aging of the faculty, changing economic conditions and shifts in faculty employment patterns, rapid increases in health care costs and the trends in retiree health insurance, and adoption of phased and early retirement programs.
  • The New Balancing Act in the Business of Higher Education (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006)
    What makes balancing business issues with institutional academic missions increasingly challenging are emerging internal and external factors - including changes in federal and state funding levels, rapidly evolving demographics on campus and in the workforce, and higher expectations and changing demands from a wide and diverse group of stakeholders.  This book discusses a variety of strategies and solutions being employed to ensure ongoing vitality in a constrained budgetary environment.
  • Transformational Change in Higher Education: Positioning Colleges and Universities for Future Success (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007
    This unique book discusses the management of transformational change in higher education as a key element of success. The role of entrepreneurial leaders and their interactions with trustees, policymakers and the public are discussed, as are strategic issues such as financing operations and student access, as related to pricing.


DVD

  • "The New Balancing Act in the Business of Higher Education"
    Features major presentations from the Institute-convened conference held in November 2005.  Speakers included John Sexton, President, NYU; Kermit Hall, President, State University of New York at Albany; William Kirwan, Chancellor, University System of Maryland; and Robert Bruininks, President, University of Minnesota.  For a copy of the DVD, send your request via email to: tiaa-crefinstitute@tiaa-cref.org
  • "Transformational Change in Higher Education: Positioning Colleges and Universities for Future Success"
    Features major presentations from the Institute-convened 2006 Higher Education Leadership Conference held in November in New York City.  Speakers included: F. King Alexander, President, California State University, Long Beach; Lawrence Bacow, President, Tufts University; Scott Cowen, President, Tulane University; Dolores Fernandez, President, Hostos Community College, City University of New York; Gordon Gee, President, Ohio State University; and Catharine Bond Hill, President, Vassar College. For a copy of the DVD, send your request via email to tiaa-crefinstitute@tiaa-cref.org


PERIODICALS

  • Advancing Higher Education - Explores issues of strategic importance to the ongoing vitality of America's universities and colleges. Topics include institutional leadership development, managing the academic workforce, and a variety of issues that affect institutions' budgets and balance sheets.
  • Trends and Issues - Provides information to help readers make better financial and strategic decisions for themselves and/or their institutions.  Topics targeted to individuals frequently relate to financial planning for retirement and other goals; those targeted to institutions relate to employer retirement plans and other benefits, endowment management, and a variety of business issues that affect institutions' budgets and balance sheets.
  • Policy Brief - Examines public policy issues of current interest to legislators, regulators, plan sponsors, institutional administrators and/or the general public. The objective is to educate the reader - not to influence policy outcomes or public opinion.
  • Research Dialogue - Presents research and in-depth analyses on topics relating to a wide range of  higher education and financial issues.
  • Research Summaries - Contain summaries of multiple research studies that have examined particular issues regarding higher education concerns.
  • Published Articles - Selections include TIAA-CREF Institute articles published in professional journals.


RECORDED WEB CASTS

The Institute's Knowledge On-Demand online library offers recorded web conferences that can be accessed at any time.  Representative recorded events currently available include:

  • Managing the Faculty of the Future: Phased and Early Retirement Plans - looks at the advantages/ disadvantages of implementing phased retirement programs at colleges and universities
  • Finding and Funding the Next Generation of Faculty: An Academic and Financial Partnership - presents taking a systematic approach to developing a cohesive campus strategy to build up vital faculty ranks to meet future needs
  • Trends in Longevity and Implications for Retirement Planning - discusses specific mortality characteristics of annuitants and provides a basic understanding of the factors that employees must consider as they plan for retirement
  • Making Retirement Income Last a Lifetime - with consideration of longevity risk, this program explains how payout annuities work and discusses the value they provide as a pension plan distribution option
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