A U.S. Supreme Court decision appears to give thousands of Oregon care workers the right to opt out of paying dues to two of the state's major public employee unions. read more >

In a setback for organized labor that could have been much worse, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that certain government-funded employees cannot be required to pay fees to the public sector unions that represent them, a decision that could hurt some unions financially. read more >

Portland dignitaries hailed the new $300 million Collaborative Life Sciences Building that opened in the South Waterfront on Thursday as one that will dramatically change medical education and the neighborhood for the better. read more >

Nearly 70 institutions are collaborating to better assess learning outcomes as part of a new initiative called the Multi-State Collaborative to Advance Learning Outcomes Assessment. read more >

We have a problem with how we define and value the many ways in which faculty members engage with the public read more >

Two bills passed by the Oregon Legislature last year violate both the United States and Oregon constitutions on several counts, according to the first two briefs filed in a case challenging Senate Bills 822 and 861 before the Oregon Supreme Court. read more >

The state Board of Higher Education on Friday appointed Roy Saigo as interim president of Southern Oregon University, the Ashland-based school that’s cutting academic programs because of budget woes. read more >

Gov. John Kitzhaber proudly wrote of PEBB’s success in controlling costs while offering new options that transform the way healthcare is delivered, aligning the health plan for public employees closer to Oregon’s managed care revolution for Medicaid. read more >

Southern Oregon president leaves for Washington job. Southern Oregon University President Mary Cullinan announced Monday she is leaving June 30 to become president of Eastern Washington University. read more >

The University of Oregon's Faculty Senate says it has approved a statement on academic freedom that is one of the strongest in the country. read more >

The faculty of Southern Oregon University (SOU) announced the results of a confidence vote of their top three administrators today. The administrators are President Mary Cullinan, Provost James Klein, and Vice President of Finance and Administration Craig Morris. read more >

Margaret Butler, long-time Executive Director of Portland's Jobs with Justice, will start as AAUP-Oregon's first Executive Coordinator on January 21, 2015. read more >

Portland Mercury-- Portland State University’s administration is once again looking to slim down the school’s budget. Needless to say students, faculty and the faculty union aren’t happy. read more >

Details on pay increases at the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) were announced in the OIT Faculty Senate on Tuesday, Oct. 1st. read more >

The United Academics of the University of Oregon are happy to announce that their first contract has been overwhelmingly approved! read more >

In a tentative agreement, the new union’s members will get annual raises of about 6% for the next two years read more >

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 503 is laying the groundwork for a strike at the Oregon University System (OUS). read more >

Oregon’s largest public employee union announced early this morning it has reached a tentative deal with the state on a two-year contract that would not include unpaid days off, averting a possible strike. read more >

Check out this Oregonian op-ed piece by our own Mary King and U of O's Gordon Lafer! read more >

In Saturday's Oregonian, Betsy Hammond reported that the only members of the higher ed board to vote against another tuition increase this year were the students and WOU faculty member Emily Plec - the only people on the board who really see the impact of continual tuition increases that far outstrip inflation. read more >