First signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965 as part of his Great Society campaign, the Higher Education Act’s original purpose was to solidify and expand the federal government’s involvement in higher education policy. read more >

The two sides end 11 1/2 hours of mediation without an agreement read more >

Hundreds of graduate student instructors at the University of Oregon exchanged teaching for picketing Tuesday as part of a strike over stalled negotiations on health benefits. read more >

A Republican state legislator in Wisconsin said Tuesday that he planned to introduce a right-to-work bill. read more >

A committee found the professor guilty of misconduct serious enough to render him unfit to remain on the faculty. read more >

GTFF at U of O Strike, Campus Public Safety Committee, and non-contractual grievance concerning library faculty. read more >

Walkout of 1,500 graduate instructors is set to start this morning read more >

New book seeks to shine light on the challenges dads face while trying to balance their home and work lives. read more >

We are organizing car-pooling to support the University of Oregon Graduate Teaching Fellows, who have given notice and plan to strike on Tuesday the 2nd of December read more >

About 1,500 graduate students at the University of Oregon are preparing to strike this week. read more >

Hunter R. Rawlings III, president of the Association of American Universities, says that ideologically motivated and corporate-minded trustees pose a great threat to public colleges. read more >

Executive Council of the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation at the University of Oregon has voted to strike effective December 2 read more >

Union activity can lead to gains for adjuncts even when drives stall, fail or just loom. read more >

"It’s time to bring all of Tom together," the poet’s widow told the professor. "And I’m going to need your help." read more >

Bullying boomers into retirement won’t help the sad state of higher education in this country. read more >

Professor Ken Stedman and his team are the first to unlock the structure of a virus found in volcanic hot springs in Japan read more >

Job security was always one of their top issues read more >

Money — how it’s raised, how it’s budgeted and what it buys — has been the silent driver of education reform across this nation for more than a decade. read more >

The University of Oregon’s Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to rebuke the institution’s administration for planning for a threatened strike by graduate teaching assistants read more >

In several states, faculty members and administrators are at odds over strategic planning at institutions pinched by hard realities. read more >