Legislative reforms to public pension benefits, coupled with higher than expected investment returns, have stanched the meteoric rise in required contributions to Oregon's public pension system, the system's actuary says. read more >

When Starbucks announced it would help employees get four-year degrees, media praised the company’s altruism. Few looked at the fine print read more >

The union should approach every meeting of a Labor-Management Committee with the same mindset that it would bring to contract bargaining, never forgetting that management’s goals and the union’s are distinct. read more >

Two of Oregon's largest public employee unions have stopped collecting dues from thousands of home care workers who didn't belong to the union but had been required to help pay the costs of union representation. read more >

Campuses that are family-friendly in name only will be at a disadvantage in hiring, presidents said at a conference on issues of work-life balance. read more >

McCann, a Portland Community College psychology professor, is a local trainer for the Heroic Imagination Project, an international effort whose purpose, according to its founder, is “seeding the earth with heroes.” read more >

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a law that sharply limits the collective-bargaining rights of employees at public colleges and other state agencies. read more >

A bill that would require colleges to report more data about faculty who work off the tenure track may not win approval this session, but it’s raising hopes. read more >

Oregon Health and Science University on Monday announced an anonymous $100 million gift. read more >

New book argues that shared governance is under threat, along with future of American higher education, and professors must take up the fight. read more >

Virtually gone are the days when a majority of professors were full-time and tenured (or at least tenure-eligible), which gave students a remarkable amount of stability, educational continuity and mentorship opportunities. Nowadays, such professors are the minority of college educators. read more >

Now more than ever, people employed in higher education face the forces of change read more >

Customers adore Amazon for its ability to deliver almost anything almost instantly. Publishers’ feelings about the online retail giant are a lot more complicated. read more >

AAUP urges universities to terminate or renegotiate contracts for Chinese-government funded centers of language and culture. With about 90 Confucius Institutes established in U.S., will it have an impact? read more >

Days after the Service Employees International Union loses a vote at the University of Saint Thomas, it wins one at Antioch University Seattle. read more >

It is ironic, says Bill Gates, that academic institutions are so good at studying the world around them but not themselves. read more >

SEIU's drive to organize adjuncts seemed to be picking up steam. Why has it faltered in the Twin Cities? read more >

There is possibly no issue more dear to state workers than the Public Employees Retirement System. read more >

Part-time faculty members at the University of Saint Thomas voted against forming a union. read more >

Now that gay marriage is recognized in their state, faculty members and other employees within the University of Minnesota system with same-sex partners no longer need access to domestic partner benefits. Right? read more >