OTHER LABOR NEWS
University of Oregon faculty union settles contract, gets pay raises
August 20, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
While classified workers say they’re preparing to strike... read more >
August 20, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
While classified workers say they’re preparing to strike... read more >
August 17, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
Rising cost of pension system will undermine support for state, local government read more >
August 10, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
What happens when social workers grow tired of poor working conditions and poverty wages? At my workplace, we formed a union. read more >
August 06, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
An assistant professor who says she was fired after she told supervisors at Northwest Christian University that she was pregnant out of wedlock filed a $650,000 lawsuit Tuesday against her former employer. read more >
August 03, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
Donors gave more than $214 million to the University of Oregon's $2 billion capital campaign during the fiscal year ended June 30. read more >
July 31, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
The board of Oregon's public pension fund voted Friday to reduce its key actuarial assumption – the system's assumed earnings rate - from 7.75 percent to 7.5 percent to reflect lower expected returns from its investments. read more >
July 30, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
A significant bipartisan majority of the 2013 Legislative Assembly voted to enact House Bill 2787, which became known as the “Tuition Equity Act.” read more >
July 29, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
As public campaign opens, giving tops $200 million read more >
July 27, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
The budget is a major step forward, but it gets Oregon from being one of the bottom five states in higher ed support to somewhere in the bottom 10. read more >
July 24, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
The University of Oregon has achieved an ambitious goal set by the University Senate to bring total faculty salary and benefits in line with average faculty compensation at similar top public research universities. read more >
July 24, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
Oregon now is poised to follow Tennessee as the second state with a plan on the books to provide free two-year college. read more >
July 23, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
When it comes to higher education, Oregon has a problem. read more >
July 22, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
All seven of Oregon’s public universities are poised to get substantially more state money over the next two years. read more >
July 21, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
Oregon now is poised to follow Tennessee as the second state with a plan on the books to provide free two-year college. read more >
July 17, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
Legislation on community college tuition that's captured the nation's fancy — offering waivers to some needy students as soon as next year — will receive Gov. Kate Brown's signature Friday, the governor's office has announced. read more >
July 17, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
Sylvia Kelley, an experienced academic administrator, will serve as Portland Community College's interim president while trustees conduct a national search for the school's next leader. read more >
June 30, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
A year from now, recent Oregon high school graduates who maintain a 2.5 GPA, and who accept available state and federal grants, could be eligible for a tuition waiver at an Oregon community college. read more >
June 29, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
Portland Democratic Sen. Michael Dembrow, the bill sponsor, said it creates a path to college for students who already are part of the state’s education system. read more >
June 23, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
The state has spent nearly $2 million to replicate Eastern Promise. It’s a collaboration between eastern Oregon K-12 schools and higher education to get more students to college or into career training. read more >
June 22, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
Seven ways to change how the public sees the humanities read more >