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A Lack of Bread to Win is Why There Aren’t More Black Male Teachers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Unless one has a substantial intergenerational wealth transfer like someone gifting them with housing, a down payment, inheritance, investments, or money that is in addition to their own earned income, then it is extremely difficult in most major metro areas to financially support a family on a teacher’s salary.

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A pantomime without a happy ending

SRHE

The USS pumpkin is miraculously transformed into a golden pension and the student mice turn into horses, although there do seem to be fewer of them. The pension turns back into a pumpkin, and the Fairy Godmother has disappeared and seems unable to work her magic. two pension schemes. Some even make pledges. four DfE reshuffles.

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A president proposes steep job cuts to save his institution

Confessions of a Community College Dean

SOU has been squeezed by declining enrollment, stagnant state funding and increasing pension and health-care costs. The crisis had been partly obscured, he said, by COVID-19 relief funds that had flowed from the federal government during the coronavirus pandemic—money that the university couldn’t count on for long.

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Reap the benefits: Use this annual checkup to get the most out of your CU benefits

CU Work-Life Balance

PERA DB The PERA defined benefit (DB) plan is a pension retirement plan. No matter how much money an employee contributes to the plan during their career, they will receive retirement benefits for life upon retirement. Regardless of how much you contribute, you’ll have full control of how your money is invested.

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Editorial: The End of the Year Show

SRHE

They then experienced the disastrous shambles of the A-level algorithm in 2020, before embarking on a mostly locked-down higher education experience which for many was also punctuated by academic staff strikes prompted by low pay, poor conditions and huge reductions in the USS pension entitlement.

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AI-ROBOT CAPITALISTS WILL DESTROY THE HUMAN ECONOMY (Randall Collins*)

Higher Education Inquirer

It will be programmed to make as much money as possible, in all forms and from all sources. Employees are a drag on profits, with their salaries, benefits, and pension funds. This means there must be people who have enough money to buy their products. But all this depends on enough people having money to buy these new things.

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What do attacks on ESG mean for college endowments?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” While their focus was largely on state pension funds, sweeping bans on ESG or limitations on investing with companies that have ESG strategies will ultimately include college endowments, given that many asset managers include ESG factors in their overall strategy. What’s Driving Attacks on ESG?

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