Voices of Expertise & Experience
Thought Leadership Spotlight
Below are links to these and related reports.
Financial Well-being and Retirement Readiness in the Higher Education Workforce
The 2019 TIAA Institute-GFLEC Personal Finance Index
Research Reports
Original research produced by the TIAA Institute—both independently and in collaboration with noted scholars—examines topics of interest to the academic, nonprofit and public sectors. The reports combine statistical findings with thoughtful, data-driven observations and conclusions to provide in-depth analyses that are informative and appropriate for both technical and more academic audiences.
Lifecycle funds, an auto-diversified target-date fund with an age-based glide path, are the investment of choice in an increasing share of participants.
The complexity of health and retirement benefit plan offerings can make it difficult for employees to make optimal decisions.
Precarious financial behaviors, coupled with low financial literacy, have left many millennials ill-equipped to face a severe economic crisis.
Insights
Also produced by the TIAA Institute, Insights features reports addressing prominent issues in financial security, higher education, and philanthropy. While typically written for a primarily non-technical audience, Insights are prepared using the same level of academic rigor found in our other research publications, and can serve as valuable sources of information for a diverse group of readers.
Many healthcare sector employees have made changes to their retirement saving and investments since the onset of COVID-19. Nonetheless, confidence in the amount they are saving and in the investment of their savings has been shaken.
Looking beyond the pandemic, higher education institutions are evaluating what may need to change in their operating models.
The complexity of health and retirement benefit plan offerings can make it difficult for employees to make optimal decisions.
Events
2020 TIAA Institute Women's Leadership Forum
On October 9, 2020, the TIAA Institute held its third annual Women’s Leadership Forum, bringing together more than 90 highly accomplished women in higher edu
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