Gov. Bruce Rauner, the newly elected Republican who has often criticized public sector unions, took his first step toward curbing their power on Monday by announcing an executive order that would bar unions from requiring all state workers to pay the equivalent of dues.
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Tuesday Feb. 10th, noon-1pm, Smith 298
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Hey legislature, can you spare $1.315 billion? That’s the question that the Oregon Student Association will ask in Salem at its Feb. 12 rally to restore higher education.
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It's widely acknowledged that adjunct instructors are underpaid, but just how much do they deserve? A new union proposal shocks some, but others say it's appropriate.
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A Berkeley analysis of disparities by race and gender in faculty salaries raises key questions: Which gaps matter? Why do gaps vary? What can be done to eliminate them?
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Below is a preliminary list of faculty development blogs and bloggers
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The National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday ordered its regional officials to reconsider labor disputes involving proposed adjunct-faculty unions at three Roman Catholic colleges in light of its December decision clearing the way for such a union at Pacific Lutheran University.
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Colleges increasingly turn to full-time, contingent instructors to handle work once done by tenure-track professors, a new study of federal data shows.
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Thursday, Feb.12, students are invited to join the Oregon Student Association (OSA) for the Rally to Restore Higher Education. The event will take place on the Capitol Steps in Salem.
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The first National Adjunct Walkout Day is less than a month away on February 25, prompting adjuncts across the country to determine whether they'll be allowed to take part in the protest.
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Ray has goals. He wants legislators to fund higher education as fully as he feels they fund K-12 schools.
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The ‘sharing economy’ meets higher education
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Declares victory in exposing 'obsessive secrecy'
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Just what do university professors do all day?
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The administration says it will tighten its handling of records
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Governor Scott Walker, a Wisconsin Republican, wants faculty members at University of Wisconsin campuses to teach more.
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Join the growing, effective, polished, Faculty, Academic Professional, and Student voices for quality higher education in our State Legislature
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Nobody could say that Oregon doesn't value higher education.
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William T. Harbaugh says he loves the University of Oregon, where he’s taught for almost two decades. That’s why, online, he’s holding administrators’...
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