Getting to Emeritus

A Financial Guide for Faculty at Every Career Stage

An essential guide to purposeful financial planning for academics.

Financial decision-making shapes every stage of academic life, yet most scholars receive little guidance on navigating the systems that determine their long-term financial well-being. In Getting to Emeritus, Daniel Fagan offers the clear, comprehensive financial planning resource academics have long needed from graduate school through retirement.

The financial landscape in higher education differs markedly from that of the broader workforce. Fagan explains how delayed earning years, specialized benefit structures, mobility between institutions, and the distinctive architecture of 403(b), 457(b), and pension systems affect financial choices over the course of a career. He provides practical, stage-by-stage strategies for building financial security via establishing early saving and investment hab