A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

From $500K a year to a mere $13.5 teaching Shakespeare ... 

So when Buslik turned 50, in 1997, he sold his business (for several
million bucks) in order to pursue that passion. With a recommendation
from a pal who was an assistant dean, he got into the English Ph.D.
program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In return for his work
as a TA, the school waived his tuition.