The University of Oregon may release results of an investigation as soon as this week into the release of confidential information from the school's archives.
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The American Association of University Professors is urging the University of North Carolina system’s governing board to reject a working group’s recommendation to close an independent center on poverty issues.
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A brash tech entrepreneur thinks he can reinvent higher education by stripping it down to its essence, eliminating lectures and tenure along with football games, ivy-covered buildings, and research libraries. What if he's right?
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Article 18 Labor/Management Task Force proposal approved by PSU-AAUP EC, update on Family Friendly Task Force, and Speaker Series
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Without changes, the university’s standing will keep sinking
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Like many Americans, I’ve been wary of labor unions...I was wrong.
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If you can’t support adjuncts out of fairness, then support us out of pure self-interest
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Students, mascots and education leaders gather at the Capitol to demonstrate for more state support
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These contingent faculty members now account for about 75 percent of the professoriate, surpassing one million in number.
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Oregon's chief education officer, Nancy Golden, said Monday she is confident that public education will advance under governor-to-be Kate Brown, given Brown's track record.
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U. of Denver moves to new titles, a career path and multiyear contracts for those off the tenure track. Could this be a model for other institutions?
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Department Listening Sessions, Article 18 (Non-Tenure Track Faculty) Labor/Management Task Force Proposal, 2013 SHAC Winter Closure Grievance settled, and Legislative Update
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As National Adjunct Walkout Day approaches, activists are wondering how to galvanize a collection of workers who drift from campus to campus.
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At the rally, students demanded increases to higher education budgets including: $755 million for universities, $550 million for community colleges.
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Full-time professors at Tufts University voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to unionize.
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A new Labor Board ruling could finally unstick the unionization of professors in the private sector—a project that’s been stalled for 35 years.
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The decentralized budget model adopted by Oregon has a long history at some elite institutions and often goes by a jargony name: Responsibility Center Management, or RCM. But it's likely to be increasingly familiar.
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation this week released results from a survey it commissioned of faculty attitudes
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Executive Council adopts Slate of Candidates for 2015 Election
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