Colleges often rely on grants and donations to expand their curricula and hire faculty. However, students, professors and outside groups have begun to question what effect these contributions have on education. read more >

Avoid the maquiladora zone and protect quality education read more >

Colleges have long seen students as passive receivers of content. That view is changing, and it could portend an even more "radical" shift in teaching. read more >

Adjunct professors have been exploring and, in several cases, acting on their ability to unionize. read more >

White-collar work, sometimes called Knowledge Work, is never done read more >

Summer session of 2014 brought many changes to salary, work load, and course offerings; PSU-AAUP needs to gather data read more >

Currently, no guidelines are in place to conduct post-tenure reviews... read more >

Governance change rejected in North Dakota and new student aid fund nixed in Oregon. Elsewhere, voters approved bond measures sought by higher education. read more >

After a year of unprecedented Congressional attention but few real political gains, advocates for part-time instructors face unfriendly political majorities. read more >

The state is also sabotaging its goal of ensuring that 40 percent of all adult Oregonians have a bachelor's degree or higher by 2025 read more >

The PSU-AAUP Communications Committee is seeking energetic members to serve on the committee. read more >

The AAUP report shows that spending for athletics at four-year public universities increased from 2004 to 2011 by approximately 24.8 percent. read more >

Oregon could soon make history by allowing the state to sell bonds to set up an endowment with bonds sold to help provide financial aid for college students read more >

This message today focuses on our Board of Trustees read more >

In the Middle East and beyond, academics face a growing threat read more >

An appeals panel held that the First Amendment gave an adjunct the right to speak out about alleged mistreatment despite having been asked to praise her college. read more >

In a time of Ebola hysteria, research on the undead helps us better understand how such diseases spread. read more >

ASPSU met last Monday for a senate meeting that included a presentation on the possibility of the university transitioning to a sworn and armed police force. read more >

When a college class goes low-tech, students should be delighted, not disappointed. read more >

Inside Higher Ed's survey finds professors are skeptical that online courses can produce outcomes equivalent to those of face-to-face classes, let alone surpass them. read more >