On their campus set amid the idyllic northwestern woodlands, graduate students at the University of Oregon stepped out of their classrooms and onto a historic picket line...
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The tentative contract agreement creates a $150,000 leave fund
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Some states are picking up the tab for community college tuition, and Oregon could be next.
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Mediation resumes this morning
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By failing to reach a contract with its teaching fellows, UO goes back on its pledge to help all students
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The two sides end 11 1/2 hours of mediation without an agreement
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Hundreds of graduate student instructors at the University of Oregon exchanged teaching for picketing Tuesday as part of a strike over stalled negotiations on health benefits.
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Walkout of 1,500 graduate instructors is set to start this morning
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About 1,500 graduate students at the University of Oregon are preparing to strike this week.
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Bullying boomers into retirement won’t help the sad state of higher education in this country.
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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.
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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
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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...
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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.
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The second-largest gift ever will endow scholarships and help study obesity
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Adjunct professors have been exploring and, in several cases, acting on their ability to unionize.
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Governance change rejected in North Dakota and new student aid fund nixed in Oregon. Elsewhere, voters approved bond measures sought by higher education.
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The state is also sabotaging its goal of ensuring that 40 percent of all adult Oregonians have a bachelor's degree or higher by 2025
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Oregon could soon make history by allowing the state to sell bonds to set up an endowment with bonds sold to help provide financial aid for college students
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When a college class goes low-tech, students should be delighted, not disappointed.
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