Why Run a Provocative Ad in the Vanguard? Because we're not getting any answers, after weeks of asking. On Tuesday, Jan 14, we're running a provocative, full-page ad in the Vanguard, with an overview of the reasons that the PSU-AAUP is skeptical of the "structural deficit" in PSU's budget, and the case for serious cuts to the budgets of academic units. read more >

What's Going On at PSU? 2013 Felt Like a Series of Crises Created to Shift Spending from Academics, Undermine Faculty Power & AAUP read more >

No Progress in Mediation, What Now? Two days of mediation Dec 18th & 19th yielded nothing but worse “offers” from the PSU Administration, and no explanations for the glaring discrepancies in the “case” for the budget cuts. read more >

We sat through 16 hours of mediation on Weds and Thurs, experiencing in concentrated and clarified form President Wiewel's idea of "negotiations:" read more >

It's the end of the year, grades will soon be in, and while this week we are headed into mediation and the Administration is demanding a plan from Departments to cut 1/5th of the Summer Session budget without reducing SCH, it's a good time to take a - short - break from thinking about everything that should be better at PSU than it is, and think about what we collectively are managing to accomplish, despite everything. read more >

The Irish university is in crisis, through massive under-funding combined with commercialization and managerialism. We ask you to sign this set of principles to support us in defending third level education in Ireland. read more >

1. Faculty Senate Resolution – No Cuts without Opening the Books! 2. President Wiewel’s Last Budget Update, and Reasons for Skepticism 3. Could Mediation Fail on Dec 18th & 19th? Yes! Despite our best efforts... Appendix: Faculty Senate Budget Resolution - Full Text read more >

Announcement: Monday, Dec. 2nd Faculty Senate Meeting, CH 53, 3 - 5 pm Discussion of Proposed Language on Fixed-Term Faculty Titles and Promotion Contents: Must PSU Cut Academics? Evidence that "Structural Problem" is Small Alternative Budget Strategy to Invest in Academics & Faculty Tie Fixed Term Promotion Paths to Multi-Year Contracts - Bob Liebman Appendix: The Past 10 Years - Exec Admin Pay Soars while Faculty Pay Lags read more >

At our 12th Bargaining Session, November 19, 2013, our AAUP Bargaining team submitted a revised package proposal to the Administration. We provided explanations for our requests with respect to the changes made in the articles in our package. read more >

In a study based commissioned by the PSU-AAUP, using data provided by PSU’s HR Department to the PSU Library, staff from the Center for Labor Research and Studies at FIU found sharply divergent trends for investments in administrative positions and salaries vs. faculty positions and salaries over the past ten years. read more >

1. 250 PSU Faculty, Oregon Senator Dembrow & Supporters Rally and March! 2. Press about PSU Budget Cuts and Bargaining - Add your Voice! 3. No Progress During Bargaining Nov. 19th - on to Mediation, FEG & Travel Fund Intact 4. Open Budget Forum MONDAY, 3 - 5 pm, CH 53: What Would we Have to Know to Accept the Case for Big Cuts? Are there Discrepancies between Board Materials and PSU Presentations? 5. PSU-AAUP Fall Membership Drive Winners! 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 >

NW Labor Press- Full-time PSU faculty are represented by American Association of University Professors (AAUP), but this year’s union contract talks have not produced an agreement, and the two sides begin mediation in December. read more >

Universities try to cash in on discoveries — gene splicing, brain chemistry, computer-chip design — but the great majority of them fail to turn their research into a source of income, according to a new study from the Brookings Institution. read more >

Portland, OR – Tuesday, 11/19/13 12:00 PM: faculty, staff, students, and community members rallied with the PSU chapter of the American Association of University Professors to demand a student-centered budget in response to an administrative directive that all academic units identify 8% of their budget for possible elimination. read more >

NEWS !! Please Join the PSU-AAUP Rally & March for a Decent Contract! Tuesday, Nov. 19th, 12 - 1 pm. Meet at Noon, 3rd Floor SMSU Now is the time to come out to push for a decent contract for the next biennium! We need everybody who can possibly make it - the strength of a union is people power. read more >

Bargaining Report #10 about Bargaining Session #10, October 15, & #11, November 5, 2013 read more >

As colleges begin using massive open online courses (MOOC) to reduce faculty costs, a Johns Hopkins University professor has announced plans for MOOA (massive open online administrations). Dr. Benjamin Ginsberg, author of The Fall of the Faculty, says that many colleges and universities face the same administrative issues every day. read more >

Announcements: 1. Rally for Last Bargaining Date: Nov. 19th, Noon, SMSU - watch for details! 2. Joint AAUP-Faculty Senate Budget Forum, Monday, Nov. 25th, 3 - 5 pm, CH 53 3. Contract Expires Nov. 30th 4. Bargaining Mediation Dates Set: Dec. 18th & 19th News 1. Executive Payroll Soars at PSU, Despite Ongoing Budget Cuts 2. Prioritize Academics, if We Really Must Cut Again 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 >