Not all Wall Street practices should migrate to the world of higher education, but this one clearly has potential to work. We live in an incentivized society. The prospect of more George Washingtons in faculty members' pockets might work magic - or at least spawn greater cooperation between the faculty and administration on key university initiatives.
Economical Education
As we saw in Gabriel Baker's column on monetary initiatives in DC's public schools, education is looking to business and economic platforms to pull through tough times. Kent State is channeling some of the profits gained from retention, fundraising and research directly to its faculty. Maybe textbook prices will go down? Probably not. Cheers to your higher paycheck.