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Seems like this guy was getting things done, but hey what do I know?
UNLV President Keith Whitfield steps down
UNLV President Keith Whitfield resigns after four and a half years on job.
Ok, here's my offer: Take our brand new (currently USU's) 69-year-old woman President. All yours. But you have to take our lame AD, and swap FB coaches straight across.
Definitely a concern I have with whomever is next. I don't want us to regress because the new President gets too involved in the wrong ways with athletics.
So I had to fact check you on this. UNLV Administrators fall under the 403(b) plan, similar to a 401(k). But riddle me this - what does this mean? You don't pay into SS?
It means exactly what it says. You don't pay into SS. But, I'm guessing you are saying that he as an administrator isn't covered under the NV Public Employees Retirement System.So I had to fact check you on this. UNLV Administrators fall under the 403(b) plan, similar to a 401(k). But riddle me this - what does this mean? You don't pay into SS?
"All university employees are required to participate in a mandatory retirement plan in lieu of Social Security." And 17.5% is an insanely high deduction and match.
Academic and Administrative Faculty Benefits
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Agreed! I would love to keep our AD, but would rather get a less far left radical as President!
Maybe I am wrong, but I do not believe that the school President would have been part of PERS! The same with football and basketball coaches.
I don't disagree as I really didn't know. But, what @Loyal Coug1 said he contributes to other options so perhaps he isn't part of PERS. Like I said I don't know.
NVPERS. Governmental.So I had to fact check you on this. UNLV Administrators fall under the 403(b) plan, similar to a 401(k). But riddle me this - what does this mean? You don't pay into SS?
"All university employees are required to participate in a mandatory retirement plan in lieu of Social Security." And 17.5% is an insanely high deduction and match.
Academic and Administrative Faculty Benefits
If he was in Pers before being elevated to President he would stay in Pers. If he came from outside he would be entered in a program similar to a 401K.
Never heard of the notion of not having to pay SS. Quite odd IMHO.
So is WSU's outgoing president, Kirk Schulz. You can have him for a stack of chips.
I always laugh how the government tells everyone you are required to pay social security! They know it is theft of our money and only the common people should pay while government employees get a free pass! Maybe they should put all retirements for government employees in with social security and see how they feel?
Only some states don’t pay SS. And they pay into their state system. All federal employees and the military are on SS.
That is so odd. I was not aware of that. But everybody else in Nevada pays SS, right? Is it just Higher Ed, or K-12 or all state employees or what? Sorry, I'm an accountant.
As far as I know Henderson, NLV, City of Las Vegas, and Clark County employees do not pay SS!
County employees do not pay SS. Per CC site: Clark County employees do not contribute to Social Security. Also, per State site: State employees do not contribute to Social Security. I work with a lot of Clark County employees, and they are always bragging about not paying social security. But, if they contribute in a private job, and meet the 40 quarters they can end up getting a similar amount to someone who works 40 years (160 quarters).
I mean, academia naturally attracts more progressive leaning individuals apart from some scattered departments in the economic social sciences, and realistically if you look at University presidents I don't think most would consider Whitley 'far left' given the population you're comparing him to, though he's definitely left of the median Overton window of the average American. I'd like to get someone who is more competent regardless of their political leanings otherwise aren't we just playing a different version of the DEI game? Get the best person for the job who comes in and kicks ass and I don't care what their plumbing is, what their pronouns are, or who they voted for in the last election.
Equally, can't collect it later in life.
Hey, maybe it will actually help. Who else could stop the AD from making the hire, since there's no president?
The problem is as long as they put 40 quarters (10 years) into the private sector, then they can collect. While most people pay into SS their entire life, they would never get anything close to 4 times what a person who only pays for 10 years into the system. The SS system is based on your highest 35 years, and most people work significantly more than 35 years over their life time. plus other factor that can add to or deduct from what your final payment will be. Those who work for a governmental entity, and then work in the private sector, have found a way to work the system.
Thanks. I try not to learn anything on any day, but I learned something here. I've lived and worked in Washington and Idaho my whole life, so was blissfully unaware of all this.
