GTFs, or graduate teaching fellows, are grad students who instruct in undergraduate courses. Federation President Joe Henry said the union is requesting a pay raise and paid leave. read more >

The union for graduate students who help teach undergraduate courses at the University of Oregon is threatening to strike in a dispute with the administration over pay and leave. read more >

Education may be a key issue in several states’ elections this fall, but referendums related to higher education are thin this political season. read more >

Biology professor Tyrone Hayes is a favorite of anti-herbicide activists but is shunned by chemical companies read more >

$2 billion campaign is state’s largest ever read more >

One question sat firmly at the heart of Tuesday's Supreme Court arguments over cuts to the Public Employees Retirement System: What does it mean to make a promise? read more >

Why the board-centered classroom is still the best place to teach and learn. read more >

The cancellation of a speech by a feminist media critic at Utah State University has revived concerns about safety at institutions in states that allow firearms on campuses. read more >

Jennifer Freyd says the University of Oregon's leaders supported her survey on rape—until they didn't. read more >

Administrators argue the university needs a police force to deal with sexual assaults and prepare for a school shooting, among other security needs. read more >

This year's referendums include issues of governance, facilities, minimum wage and more. read more >

Does a professor have a right to know why he or she didn’t earn tenure? read more >

The Pay It Forward program was concieved as an alternative method to paying for college tuition. read more >

What would academe look like without adjuncts? read more >

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley toured several Oregon campuses to hear students talk about the high cost of college — and to promote his proposals to help them. read more >

One in 10 current female students at the University of Oregon indicate they have been raped while attending college, according to a new survey of 982 students released Tuesday by Jennifer Freyd, a professor in the UO's Department of Psychology. read more >

The competing claims involve who owns and should profit from the assessment created at the university read more >

Examples of funny papers are few and far between. That’s a shame, says one scientist. read more >

But college loans threaten this traditional, "virtuous circle" of higher education. read more >

The appointment of a state senator to lead Florida State University sparked a firestorm of protest. But not all former legislators bring full-throated ideology to campus. read more >