Why do higher ed employees have different (and, in my opinion, better!) retirement plan options than K-12 employees? This isn’t just an issue of higher ed faculty versus K-12 teachers; we’re also talking about librarians, janitors, bus drivers and secretaries who happen to be employed in one public educator sector or another.

That question is the subject of my new column for The 74 Million which you can read here.

–Guest post by Chad Aldeman