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 >

Is PSU Broke? The Story Keeps Changing....... The message from PSU Administrators lurched back and forth this year between sanguine news and abrupt calls to cut, CUT, CUT! read more >

1. Fun Facts! Administrative Pay, Part 1! 2. Hardball Tactics at the Bargaining Table to Shove Us Backward 3. What You Can Do Now to Push for a Decent Contract 4. Sign Adjunct Faculty's On-line Petition 5. PSU-AAUP Sponsored Workshop Bullying in the Workplace: How to Create a Health Workplace Environment, Nov 6th, Noon, SMSU 327-328 read more >

The United Academics of the University of Oregon are happy to announce that their first contract has been overwhelmingly approved! read more >

A Few Things that PSU Students go into Debt to Pay for Are you hearing that PSU is broke? Maybe we have odd priorities.... read more >

Bargaining Continues Tuesday, Oct. 15th, 12:30 to 3, ED 414 read more >

At our ninth Bargaining Session, October 4, 2013, more than 150 of our members came to support our AAUP-PSU Bargaining Team. From 12:15 until 12:45, they lined the hallway outside the bargaining room in the Market Center Building holding signs and chanting for a fair contract. The Administration’s team was unwilling to conduct negotiations until the hallway was cleared. More than another hour passed before their team entered the bargaining room where the AAUP-PSU team had waited patiently. read more >

Welcome Back!!! More than 150 PSU-AAUP members in red t-shirts, lanyards and buttons pushed back on PSU Admin at bargaining yesterday! read more >

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In a tentative agreement, the new union’s members will get annual raises of about 6% for the next two years read more >

Good news! NO PSU Staff Strike will be Needed! read more >

As you've probably heard, PSU clerical, administrative and facilities staff members are poised to strike on Monday, if they decide they have no other choice at the conclusion of mediation on Weds. Sept. 25th. read more >

Welcome Back! There's lot's of news, so we'll get a longer Fall Newsletter out to you in a few days. read more >

Few professors would turn down a raise, but even standard contract pay bumps of 3 or 4 percent can leave long-serving faculty feeling less valued than their newer colleagues. read more >

At our eighth Bargaining Session, September 10, 2013, the AAUP-PSU Bargaining Team heard proposals from the Administration on the following articles: Article 8 (Past Practices), Article 11 (Released Time), Article 17 (Academic Professionals) , Article 18 (Fixed-term and Research Faculty), Article 35 (Personnel Files), AAUP New Article (Academic Quality), and AAUP New Article (Parental Leave and Catastrophic Leave Bank) read more >

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 503 is laying the groundwork for a strike at the Oregon University System (OUS). read more >

I know that some of you are still trying to take advantage of not being on contract until Sept. 16th - and more power to you! - but we'll be bargaining again on Tuesday, Sept. 10th, from 12 - 3 in SMSU 296. read more >

Good News!!!! The Governor has appointed our own Maude Hines - supported by both the PSU-AAUP and the PSU Faculty Senate read more >