Timeline for What are the perks of being a tenured professor at U.S. universities, besides having academic freedom?
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| Aug 10, 2016 at 9:17 | history | edited | Tom Au | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 10, 2016 at 9:16 | comment | added | Tom Au | @Daniel R.Collins: Added a new last paragraph as a qualfier. | |
| Aug 10, 2016 at 9:11 | history | edited | Tom Au | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 10, 2016 at 4:52 | comment | added | Daniel R. Collins | To further clarify: At my institution, there are faculty who received tenure in the last few years who definitely do not have defined-benefit retirement plans. | |
| Aug 10, 2016 at 4:44 | comment | added | Daniel R. Collins | In case a reader was going to take this as prospective job advice, then it should be put in context that the retirement package of current-about-to-retire faculty may not be available at present or in the future. | |
| Aug 10, 2016 at 2:42 | comment | added | Tom Au | @DanielR.Collins: Most tenured professors are middle-aged or older people who have retirement plans that were locked in years ago. It's true that a "starting" academic such as an assistant ;professor might face a lesser retirement plan but s/he might not (yet) be tenured, and the question was about tenured professors. | |
| Aug 10, 2016 at 2:40 | comment | added | Tom Au | @user8001: In theory, no. But the "dirty secret" (so I have been told) is that all other things being equal, you have a better chance of getting in because you are in effect a "legacy" candidate through your parent. | |
| Aug 10, 2016 at 2:34 | comment | added | user8001 | Does the full tuition reimbursement also guaranty admission? | |
| Aug 10, 2016 at 2:32 | comment | added | Daniel R. Collins | Retirement plans today may be quite different from a few years ago. | |
| Aug 10, 2016 at 1:11 | comment | added | StrongBad | None of these are unique to tenured faculty, or even faculty in general. | |
| Aug 10, 2016 at 1:08 | history | answered | Tom Au | CC BY-SA 3.0 |