The "silver lining," says the AAUP’s annual report, is that for the second year in a row, pay rose faster than the rate of inflation. read more >

A state higher-education commission passed sweeping reforms Thursday designed to fund public universities based partly on how many Oregonians they graduate, instead of the number they enroll. read more >

Bean counters, bureaucrats, and barbarians are to blame. read more >

Faculty link arms and stand between students and riot police on campus read more >

The American Association of University Professors is standing by its conclusions that the University of Texas’ M.D. Anderson Cancer Center violated widely accepted academic principles in a new report that the center has pre-emptively challenged. read more >

Research and teaching stand at the center of our professional work. Investing in teaching and research excellence builds the long-term academic reputation of a university, something that carries far more value to parents, students, and alums than any other type of branding work. read more >

If the end result is more excitement, more engagement, and hopefully more learning read more >

Members of the American Association of University Professors demonstrate with students against a tuition raise during a recent Board of Trustee vote. read more >

Though it feels like we just settled a contract, we’ll start bargaining again in May. Things are a little different this time around. As you may have already heard, we have agreed to use an Interest-Based Bargaining negotiation process. Interest-Based Bargaining (IBB) takes a more collaborative, problem-solving approach to contract negotiations. read more >

ONCE upon a time in America, baby boomers paid for college with the money they made from their summer jobs. Then, over the course of the next few decades, public funding for higher education was slashed. read more >

Faculty and staff at Massachusetts's Roxbury Community College protest alleged lack of communication and changes pushed by the institution's president and her administration. read more >

Upcoming events: Speaker Series, organizer trainings, Spring caucus' and Harvest Share. read more >

Former governor drafted legislation before November re-election. read more >

A University of Michigan faculty committee accuses the administration of ignoring instructors’ due-process rights in handling complaints of sexual misconduct. read more >

A scholar who works with LGBT students fears a "brain drain" if the state doesn’t quickly reverse course on the controversial law. read more >

The Portland State Board of Trustees voted 10–2 at the winter term quarterly Board meeting to approve a resolution that outlines a 4.2 percent increase in tuition and fees for resident undergraduates. The increase will take effect Fall 2015. read more >

Wisconsin is now the 25th state to adopt a so-called “right-to-work” law, which allows workers to benefit from collective bargaining without having to pay for it. read more >

An employee of the University of Oregon counseling center says she has been fired for signing a letter criticizing the university for accessing an 18-year-old student’s therapy records — but a university spokesman disputes the claim. read more >

A theater professor fired by Pomona College accuses it of denying her access to students’ reviews of her teaching to hide its own discrimination. read more >

A plea for guidance to help the public handle its concerns about the effects of multitasking on education and family life. read more >