Post Measure 97: Oregon university presidents seek 'minimum' increase of $100M for higher ed
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Representatives of the Better Oregon coalition came together the week of the election and decided that we would stay together for the long haul. - See more at: http://www.aauporegon.org/a-better-oregon-coalition-to-continue/#sthash.gREFJppf.dpuf
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Per Diem Policy was resolved with MOU
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Executive Council votes to stand in solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
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Fall Membership Meeting October 25, 2016
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Member News as of October 17, 2016
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Welcome back to Fall Term 2016. Here is what we've been doing since Spring.
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Chronicle of Higher Ed reports on how 3 professors use trigger warnings
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Summer 2016 Bulletin Board
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The ruling overturns one from 2004 that said graduate students who served as teaching or research assistants were still students, and not subject to union rights for which workers are entitled.
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Peter Stott tells GOP: "Remove my name from any invitations or other materials.”
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Unfortunately, the news media and other observers often overlook the fact that student debt is a problem with a color and class element, writes Mark Huelsman.
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"There are more school security officers than counselors in four of the 10 biggest school districts in the country. And whereas spending on corrections increased by 324 percent between 1979 and 2013, that on education rose just 107 percent during the same time."
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Bernie Sanders’s idea has made its way into Hillary Clinton’s education plan, but private schools are pushing back.
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“Nobody cared about the buildings,” Sullivan said. “Nobody took ownership.”
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"Colleges and universities are like businesses that can be improved by hiring administrators who adopt business practices and act like CEOs."
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HIGHER ED FACULTY
July 29, 2016 / PSU-AAUP
“This story is everywhere. Worse than pepper spray. It will fade away, but not for a while. And based on our track record, it's a sure thing we will do more stupid stuff as we try to put it behind us.”
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HIGHER ED FACULTY
July 28, 2016 / PSU-AAUP
"Free tuition" is a simple promise that some researchers, like Sara Goldrick-Rab now at Temple University, believe would motivate more working class students to dream of college and actually make it through.
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PSU-AAUP
July 27, 2016 / PSU-AAUP
Wiewel will leave after nine years on the job.
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HIGHER ED FACULTY
July 26, 2016 / PSU-AAUP
Even as long-neglected maintenance threatens to further escalate the price of higher education, universities continue to borrow and spend record amounts on new buildings.
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