When a Polk State professor found himself accused of being anti-Christian, the college's leaders answered back -- and said he was entitled to academic freedom. read more >

Jonathan Gottschall tried to save literary studies. Instead he ruined his career. read more >

You couldn't really say that this session of the Oregon Legislature has been ignoring higher education. read more >

Trustees and Administration of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Failed to Demonstrate Cause When Rejecting Steven Salaita’s Appointment read more >

Speaker Series: A Brighter Future? Struggles for Justice in Higher Education read more >

In interest-based bargaining, we present the administration with issues or problems rather than a specific list of demands. Through the bargaining process, we will develop mutually acceptable solutions to these problems. read more >

Will HECC’s decision to adopt a formula that pays universities and community colleges for the number of degrees it produces actually improve the state’s college graduation rates? read more >

PSU employee tuition benefit update. Benefit to be retained read more >

On Friday the University sent the notice required by the ERB in the resolution to the AAUP Unfair Practice charge about the administration's threat to cut off our email accounts if we went on strike. read more >

Academe Faculty Compensation Survey missing Portland State University data read more >

A formal finding that the university violated principles of academic freedom sets the stage for a censure vote at the association’s conference in June. read more >

A bill introduced late last month in the North Carolina General Assembly has set faculties across the state abuzz with a bold suggestion: Require all professors in the University of North Carolina system to teach at least eight courses each academic year. read more >

PSU Administration found to have violated labor law by threatening to disable Faculty email if they went on strike read more >

Just one in four union contracts covering adjunct instructors includes any sort of provision ensuring them some payment when a course assignment is canceled read more >

Just one in four contracts ensures the instructors even a small payment when a course assignment is canceled, an analysis found. read more >

Portland State University violated Oregon labor law last year by threatening to disable email access for unionized faculty members if they went on strike, according to an April 17 ruling by the state Employment Relations Board read more >

Thanks in large part to the activism of our members and allies, the House Finance Committee passed Sub. HB 64 this evening without the language that would have stripped faculty of their collective bargaining rights. read more >

A measure inserted into the new state budget bill that critics call "anti-union" has drawn strong opposition from college faculty at Ohio's public universities. read more >

Wednesday May 6, noon, Park Blocks read more >

Ohio budget bill proposes a ban on full-time-faculty unions at public institutions where professors do nearly anything beyond teaching and research. read more >