The budget is a major step forward, but it gets Oregon from being one of the bottom five states in higher ed support to somewhere in the bottom 10. read more >

Stephen L. Chew writes that current approaches -- for awards or tenure and promotion -- are based too much on passion or student enjoyment and not enough on actual learning. read more >

Portland State University plans to reduce its planned tuition increase using additional state funding approved by the Oregon Legislature. read more >

The University of Oregon has achieved an ambitious goal set by the University Senate to bring total faculty salary and benefits in line with average faculty compensation at similar top public research universities. read more >

Oregon now is poised to follow Tennessee as the second state with a plan on the books to provide free two-year college. read more >

Is “freelance academic” the right term? read more >

The first public university system in the country to voluntarily raise the minimum wage as high as $15 an hour read more >

When it comes to higher education, Oregon has a problem. read more >

California court rejects a public university's findings of sexual assault by a male student. Some say case points to tensions over due process at many institutions. read more >

LSU professor Teresa Buchanan says she was dismissed in a 'witchhunt' over her occasional use of profanity in the classroom. read more >

All seven of Oregon’s public universities are poised to get substantially more state money over the next two years. read more >

In the 2015-2017 AAUP contract, we’ll establish a Sick Leave Bank read more >

Oregon now is poised to follow Tennessee as the second state with a plan on the books to provide free two-year college. read more >

With all the pressures facing higher education these days, it’s not getting any easier. read more >

Wisconsin’s decision to eliminate tenure protections is just latest tremor in the collapse of academic ideals read more >

Legislation on community college tuition that's captured the nation's fancy — offering waivers to some needy students as soon as next year — will receive Gov. Kate Brown's signature Friday, the governor's office has announced. read more >

Sylvia Kelley, an experienced academic administrator, will serve as Portland Community College's interim president while trustees conduct a national search for the school's next leader. read more >

A year from now, recent Oregon high school graduates who maintain a 2.5 GPA, and who accept available state and federal grants, could be eligible for a tuition waiver at an Oregon community college. read more >

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a challenge to the way public-sector unions finance their operations. Union officials said a ruling against them would deal a blow to organized labor. read more >

Portland Democratic Sen. Michael Dembrow, the bill sponsor, said it creates a path to college for students who already are part of the state’s education system. read more >