OEIB, we hardly knew ye. read more >

Unions and university use interest-based bargaining to start to strike a deal read more >

This idiotic political shorthand needs to die, once and for all. read more >

The UO Board of Trustees could authorize the university to pursue the proposal at its June 4-5 meeting read more >

Early in his third term, Gov. John Kitzhaber created a powerful overarching education board that he pledged would forge dramatic improvements statewide. read more >

We have a bargaining update and some other news below. read more >

Communication protocols and ground rules read more >

Julie Esparza Brown said the district must take a better look at how to improve Oregon's statewide education picture. read more >

An analysis of more than 200 court decisions involving faculty members’ First Amendment lawsuits says colleges usually win. read more >

Kerry Ann Rockquemore offers questions for pretenure academics to consider before getting active on controversial topics on social media. read more >

Voters will have a chance to reshape the Portland Public Schools Board of Education read more >

Bargaining kicks off with faculty union rally read more >

Salam Noor, former assistant superintendent of Oregon and Salem-Keizer schools read more >

As colleges expand on the web, a professor who builds a course sometimes must to trust another to teach it. read more >

Academe recently caught up with Pam Miller, the chapter’s president, and Phil Lesch, executive director of PSU-AAUP, to discuss the contract negotiations and the chapter’s continuous work to engage its faculty. read more >

Bernard Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont and long-shot candidate for the Democratic Party’s 2016 presidential nomination, introduced a bill on Tuesday that would make attending all four-year public colleges free. read more >

Establishing ground rules is taking longer than it does in traditional bargaining because we are practicing the IBB steps as we create ground rules. read more >

The answer requires us to think about power. read more >

Administrations, not department chairs, are responsible for making decisions about the pay of adjunct instructors. And for most, it’s not a priority. read more >

PSU-AAUP endorsement update read more >