The Portland State University foundation is upping the ante in its support for a proposed payroll tax on metro business owners that has already rankled some local business leaders. read more >

Jeff Selingo’s There Is Life After College places too much emphasis on vocational education and not enough on the virtues of the liberal arts. read more >

The financial struggle of public research institutions may be a matter of choice—not necessity, as public leaders say. read more >

These days, it seems, protest is less about debate and more about disruption. Citizens have yelled at Portland city commissioners, taken over a wildlife refuge and stormed through the state capitol building in Salem to make their positions known. read more >

Work at a regional public university? You'll earn more at a unionized, large urban institution, according to new analysis of faculty salaries. read more >

"Unionized instructors at larger suburban institutions earn an average of about $40,000, or 50 percent, more than their nonunionized peers at midsize rural institutions, the study found." read more >

"A campaign to tax businesses for student scholarships and faculty salaries at Portland State University got a boost with a recent $100,000 donation." read more >

In a single-sentence order, the Supreme Court announced that the judgment of a lower court rejecting this effort to defund public sector unions “is affirmed by an equally divided court.” read more >

"Instructors on the tenure track earned the biggest median salary bump from last year, at 2.2 percent." read more >

Backlash is mounting against Emory students who protested pro-Trump chalk messages. University's president is under fire for not dismissing them outright. read more >

AAUP attempts to reframe debate and put focus on due process and the importance of faculty freedom of speech. read more >

The Executive Council has approved the Tentative Agreement and has referred it to the membership for ratification. You will receive a ratification ballot in your PDX mailbox soon. read more >

Ron was an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, serving more than 25 years at PSU. He was a beloved teacher of math and science education, as well as a valued colleague throughout the University. read more >

Chinese students hire imposter “gunmen” to take the SAT, the GRE and other tests. read more >

On Tuesday evening, after a twelve hour bargaining session, PSU-AAUP and the administration reached an economic settlement!  read more >

According to a news release issued by the federal Environmental Protection Agency, the wastes — nearly 2,000 containers of laboratory chemicals and other substances — were unsafely stored and inadequately identified read more >

“The joke among my friends is that you can be gay at Messiah, just so long as you don’t act gay, or say gay things, or do anything to show you’re gay.” read more >

People support expanding pre-school for kids, but when it comes to free, public higher education, opinions split along more familiar political lines. read more >

We spent two days this week, including a Sunday session trying to resolve our outstanding issues and preparing for our Thursday, March 10th economic bargaining session. read more >

Campus-carry laws, like the one going into effect in Texas, pose a profound threat to free speech. read more >