November 16, 2007

Professors' Job Satisfaction Is Higher Than Other Workers'

By PAULA WASLEY

Full-time faculty members at four-year colleges are happier with their jobs than are most American workers, a survey by the pension giant TIAA-CREF has found.

The company polled 300 full-time faculty members who had been employed for three or more years at a single four-year institution, about their views on their careers, work-life balance, and retirement expectations.

According to a report on the survey, "Do Great Minds Think Alike: Faculty Perspectives on Career and

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