Oregon would seriously consider taking part in the "bold" and "intriguing" proposal for free community college tuition that President Obama is floating in the days leading up to his State of the Union address, Oregon higher education chief Ben Cannon said Friday.
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A statement from the union called the arbitrator's ruling "historic," and said many other adjuncts could benefit over time.
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The search for common ground.
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An outstanding new book provides a road map for truly effective teaching with technology
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AAUP Save the Date: Thursday February 12th, 2015 and Winter Term Caucus Luncheons
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If you don’t manage your online presence, you are allowing search engines to create it for you
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William Bowen and Eugene Tobin are wrong that final decision-making authority should be kept out of the hands of faculty members, write Dan Ryan and Sara Goldrick-Rab.
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For years, Harvard’s experts on health economics and policy have advised presidents and Congress on how to provide health benefits to the nation at a reasonable cost. But those remedies will now be applied to the Harvard faculty, and the professors are in an uproar.
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It handicaps the union and strengthens the corporation.
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The National Labor Relations Board issued a ruling last week that could clear the way for much more unionization of faculty members at private colleges and universities.
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UO Senate’s concerns can be addressed
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Offer good, not stratospheric, salary for UO president
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The National Labor Relations Board recently issued a decision significantly expanding the right of employees to use their employers' e-mail systems for union organizing
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Marquette University has suspended with pay and barred from campus the tenured professor who criticized a graduate student instructor in a personal blog
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PSU's March 9th, 2014 threat to cut off email from striking AAUP members found to be unlawful
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Winter Caucus Dates
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Some trustees say an increase in compensation would aid recruitment
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Arizona State tells non-tenure-track English instructors to shift from 4-4 to 5-5 course load, without increase in compensation and in violation of professional codes on how many writing students one can effectively teach.
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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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In a significant win for labor unions, federal regulators ruled Thursday that employers can't prevent their workers from using company email to organize and discuss their working conditions outside of work.
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