Interesting to see the higher ed development ideas. I'm in higher ed (but not development) and I really enjoy working for a university. Campuses tend to be pleasant, bikeable places and the library is amazing. I'm an admin for our English language program, and as a faculty member, I can take out books for a semester at a time (~4 mos) and renew them up to 99 times online. Plus, any book they don't have I can get via interlibrary loan or UBorrow, and keep for 3 weeks (for ILL) or ~2 months (UB). I also feel like the stress-level / work-life balance is pretty good. I work 40 hours a week, but nobody is timing me. I recently was promoted to director, so I come in a bit earlier (8:30 - 5, more or less) but for years I'd been working from 9-5 w/ an hour lunch.
Let me throw another (albeit maybe strange) idea onto the pile -- you could teach English overseas. I taught in Taiwan for 5 years and China for 1. In Taiwan, I made ~ $25K per year, working ~25 hours per week. That might not sound like much, but I easily saved 10K+ per year, despite buying a bunch of music gear and taking 2-3 international vacations each year. Taiwan is a great mix of decent wages w/ low cost of living (at least, it was from 1999-2004). I was paying ~$250 / month for a 2 bedroom apt w/ AC, high speed internet, etc. I bought a scooter for ~$300 that lasted my 5 years (and sold it for $200 at the end). I ate out every lunch and dinner for ~$2-3. Plus, going from that into the Foreign Service is pretty smooth. W/ a BA you can definitely get a job, with an MA you could teach at a university, which is a pretty sweet gig in terms of vacation time.
It's not for everyone, but as a way to see the world it's pretty good.