Friday, September 19, 2008

Now you'll never get rid of us

The dead wood gets fossilized--

Given the dramatic drops on Wall Street, it’s not surprising that many in academe are wondering about the status of their retirement funds. But a big question for academe may be whether those funds are shrinking substantially enough to prompt professors to delay retirement. Many think that the drops this week — coming in a year in which funds were already going down — may in fact be that significant.

Read more at Inside Higher Ed.