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February 25, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
A prominent professor uses a disciplinary meeting to discuss his struggles with depression -- and encourages others in academe to talk about mental health issues. read more >
February 25, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
A prominent professor uses a disciplinary meeting to discuss his struggles with depression -- and encourages others in academe to talk about mental health issues. read more >
February 24, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
Timing is everything -- and in Salem, it rarely seems to be the time for higher education. We're running out of states beneath us. read more >
February 24, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
National adjunct walkout day is tomorrow: Wednesday, February 25. read more >
February 24, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
The University of Oregon may release results of an investigation as soon as this week into the release of confidential information from the school's archives. read more >
February 24, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
The American Association of University Professors is urging the University of North Carolina system’s governing board to reject a working group’s recommendation to close an independent center on poverty issues. read more >
February 23, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
A brash tech entrepreneur thinks he can reinvent higher education by stripping it down to its essence, eliminating lectures and tenure along with football games, ivy-covered buildings, and research libraries. What if he's right? read more >
February 20, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
Article 18 Labor/Management Task Force proposal approved by PSU-AAUP EC, update on Family Friendly Task Force, and Speaker Series read more >
February 20, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
Without changes, the university’s standing will keep sinking read more >
February 20, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
Like many Americans, I’ve been wary of labor unions...I was wrong. read more >
February 19, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
Please consider giving 1-5 hours of your time to help with communications or events read more >
February 19, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
If you can’t support adjuncts out of fairness, then support us out of pure self-interest read more >
February 18, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
Students, mascots and education leaders gather at the Capitol to demonstrate for more state support read more >
February 18, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
These contingent faculty members now account for about 75 percent of the professoriate, surpassing one million in number. read more >
February 17, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
Oregon's chief education officer, Nancy Golden, said Monday she is confident that public education will advance under governor-to-be Kate Brown, given Brown's track record. read more >
February 17, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
U. of Denver moves to new titles, a career path and multiyear contracts for those off the tenure track. Could this be a model for other institutions? read more >
February 17, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
Department Listening Sessions, Article 18 (Non-Tenure Track Faculty) Labor/Management Task Force Proposal, 2013 SHAC Winter Closure Grievance settled, and Legislative Update read more >
February 16, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
As National Adjunct Walkout Day approaches, activists are wondering how to galvanize a collection of workers who drift from campus to campus. read more >
February 13, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
At the rally, students demanded increases to higher education budgets including: $755 million for universities, $550 million for community colleges. read more >
February 13, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
Full-time professors at Tufts University voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to unionize. read more >
February 12, 2015 / PSU-AAUP
A new Labor Board ruling could finally unstick the unionization of professors in the private sector—a project that’s been stalled for 35 years. read more >