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June 10, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
National Right to Work Committee filed an appeal with the Supreme Court seeking to have agency fee ruled unconstitutional for public-sector employees
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June 05, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
A student-government organization in Washington State on Monday condemned proposed legislation that would strip funding from Evergreen State College
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June 05, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Many college and university presidents have signed a statement -- "We Are Still In" -- that will be released today.
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June 02, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
International education professionals meeting this week for NAFSA’s annual conference confront a difficult political environment.
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June 02, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
We join with others in condemning the wave of intimidation and threats that have swept campuses and the country this year
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May 31, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Non-tenure-track faculty members at Northwestern University have narrowly voted to form a union represented by the Service Employees International Union Local 73, the Chicago Tribune reports.
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May 30, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Getting into college and making it through can be hard no matter what your circumstances. But for first-generation students - the first in their families to attend college - the challenges are even greater
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May 30, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
The state auditor of California last month released a report saying that the California State University system had hired managers at more than twice the rate of other employees
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May 26, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
The Trump administration's budget proposal for the 2018 fiscal year would make drastic cuts to education, slashing federal student aid and research funding.
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May 25, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
The National Labor Relations Board has cleared the way for the unionization of student employees of the University of Chicago's libraries, marking the second time this spring that it has declared undergraduate students eligible to bargain collectively.
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May 25, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
A month long fast by Yale University graduate students advocating for a union ended Monday with mixed success
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May 25, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
An investigative report released today by the American Association of University Professors concludes that the administration of Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky, summarily dismissed Erlene Grise-Owens
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May 24, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
White House plan confirms drastic cuts to many programs while proposing to substantially alter loan programs.
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May 22, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Several state legislatures have recently passed or reintroduced legislation that addresses issues related to campus free speech.
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May 16, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
A report of an AAUP investigation released today concludes that the administration of Spalding University in Kentucky summarily dismissed Erlene Grise-Owens, a long-serving professor of social work, in blatant violation of her academic freedom and normative standards of academic governance and due process.
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May 15, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Janus v. AFSCME, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
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May 10, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Documents examined by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) expose a national effort by the Milwaukee-based Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation to defund and dismantle unions
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May 08, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Founded in 2001 by the legendary African American civil rights attorney Julius Chambers, the UNC Center for Civil Rights brings together students and faculty, as well as policy experts and practicing attorneys, to advocate for the poor and for racial and ethnic minorities.
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May 08, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Today a strong majority of graduate employees at the Unversity of Chicago filed authorization cards with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
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May 08, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
New guidance from the United States Department of Labor heightens the potential for faculty on contingent appointments
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