At tomorrow's convocation (3:00 in the Smith Ballroom), let's show our solidarity as the academic year gets underway. read more >

When our Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) was ratified in spring term of 2014, it contained two Letters of Agreement (LOA), one for a Task Force on Family Friendly Policies and one on Academic Quality. We need support on both Task Forces! read more >

PSU-AAUP summer update and caucus dates read more >

Turf battle breaks out between the Vikings head coach and the athletic department's new marketing chief. Where's the missing $20,000 and what does it mean? read more >

Advocates of academic freedom see college leaders’ calls for lowering the temperature of campus debates as attacks on free speech. read more >

A current threat to academic freedom in the classroom comes from a demand that teachers provide warnings in advance if assigned material contains anything that might trigger difficult emotional responses for students. read more >

Upcoming caucus dates for Fall 2014 read more >

Here is a link to Poorer by Degrees, a new short documentary by Jennifer Shuberth, a former faculty member at Portland State University read more >

We are the stoop laborers of higher education: adjunct professors. read more >

TODAY’S education reformers believe that schools are broken and that business can supply the remedy. read more >

The 2014 American Association of University Professors Bulletin is here. read more >

Portland State University professors are the No. 7 least accessible in the nation, according to an unscientific survey of 130,000 college students released Monday. read more >

The union should approach every meeting of a Labor-Management Committee with the same mindset that it would bring to contract bargaining, never forgetting that management’s goals and the union’s are distinct. read more >

New book argues that shared governance is under threat, along with future of American higher education, and professors must take up the fight. read more >

AAUP urges universities to terminate or renegotiate contracts for Chinese-government funded centers of language and culture. With about 90 Confucius Institutes established in U.S., will it have an impact? read more >

News update on collective bargaining and welcome Amanda Smith Byron to the Grievance committee read more >

The growing disparity between top 25 executive and faculty pay illustrates that universities are becoming more corporate. read more >

Academic Professional Caucus on July 29, 2014 at 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM. It will be located in SMSU 238. read more >

The humble calculator has emerged as a powerful weapon for faculty members battling administrators over spending. read more >

The AAUP filed an amicus brief with the National Labor Relations Board arguing that graduate assistants at private sector institutions should be considered employees with collective bargaining rights read more >