HIGHER ED FACULTY
Three Myths of Teacher Tenure
November 21, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Job security was always one of their top issues read more >
November 21, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Job security was always one of their top issues read more >
November 21, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Money — how it’s raised, how it’s budgeted and what it buys — has been the silent driver of education reform across this nation for more than a decade. read more >
November 20, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
The University of Oregon’s Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to rebuke the institution’s administration for planning for a threatened strike by graduate teaching assistants read more >
November 20, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
In several states, faculty members and administrators are at odds over strategic planning at institutions pinched by hard realities. read more >
November 18, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
A University of Oregon professor is leading a group of sexual violence experts who are urging dozens of university presidents to reject what they call a flawed nationalized survey... read more >
November 18, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Portland State environmental science and management faculty members Robert Scheller and Melissa Lucash received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study the effects of climate change and fire on the Klamath region of Oregon and California. read more >
November 18, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Advocates for Federal Labor Protections and Accountability from Employers read more >
November 17, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Oregon will receive the $50-million from Mr. Ballmer and his wife, Connie Ballmer, an alumna of the college, to tackle a variety of initiatives, including new professorships, scholarships, and a marketing campaign. read more >
November 17, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
AAUP is arguing that the financial rationale for the cuts and the changes is unsound. read more >
November 14, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
New Hire, summer term, and armed police force read more >
November 14, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
The second-largest gift ever will endow scholarships and help study obesity read more >
November 14, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Colleges often rely on grants and donations to expand their curricula and hire faculty. However, students, professors and outside groups have begun to question what effect these contributions have on education. read more >
November 13, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Avoid the maquiladora zone and protect quality education read more >
November 13, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Colleges have long seen students as passive receivers of content. That view is changing, and it could portend an even more "radical" shift in teaching. read more >
November 07, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Adjunct professors have been exploring and, in several cases, acting on their ability to unionize. read more >
November 07, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
White-collar work, sometimes called Knowledge Work, is never done read more >
November 06, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Summer session of 2014 brought many changes to salary, work load, and course offerings; PSU-AAUP needs to gather data read more >
November 06, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Currently, no guidelines are in place to conduct post-tenure reviews... read more >
November 06, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Governance change rejected in North Dakota and new student aid fund nixed in Oregon. Elsewhere, voters approved bond measures sought by higher education. read more >
November 06, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
After a year of unprecedented Congressional attention but few real political gains, advocates for part-time instructors face unfriendly political majorities. read more >