The Ohio State Teacher Retirement System (STRS) provides retirement, survivor, and disability benefits to public school (K-12) teachers, college and university professors employed by state institutions, and the spouses and eligible dependents of these employees. In doing so, it operates much like other state retirement systems. The money to…

Discussion of trends in academic medicine focuses on declining support for research, pressures on medical schools to increase clinical revenues, public demands for cheaper care, and rising health-care costs in light of an aging population. Urges establishment of a system of universal health care equivalent to Medicare for all citizens. (DB)

Examines how pressures for profits are eroding the mission of academic health centers, forcing cutbacks in teaching and patient care and leading to plummeting morale among medical school professors. Reviews trends in public support for medical schools and the dangers of subordinating clinical decisions to marketplace economics. (DB)