Oregon's attention-getting proposal to offer students tuition-free college if they agree to repay a small portion of their earnings for years afterward got the official thumbs down from Oregon's higher education board this week. read more >

The Rev. C. Kevin Gillespie, president of Saint Joseph's University for the last two years, has announced plans to step down in June. read more >

The state should create a retirement fund available to all employed Oregonians that can follow people as they change jobs read more >

Another school year is about to start, and parents will soon be packing their teenagers up for college. But do they know who’s teaching their kids? read more >

An Iranian mathematician is the first woman ever to receive a Fields Medal, often considered to be mathematics’ equivalent of the Nobel Prize. read more >

Oregon's overarching education board, handpicked by Gov. John Kitzhaber to try to overcome the state's educational mediocrity, on Tuesday sized up where the board stands after three years in operation -- and expressed a lot of discontent. read more >

The 2014 American Association of University Professors Bulletin is here. read more >

Professors Complain of Undersupported Sabbaticals, Inadequate Staffing read more >

UO’s Gottfredson gets $940,000 on the way out read more >

In a culture of accountability, some professors call on technology to collect information about student participation in the classroom. read more >

Until the Oregon State Board of Higher Education slipped quietly out of existence this summer, Matt Donegan spent five years on it, the last three as chairman. read more >

In an effort to better recognize the work of those off the tenure track, some colleges are giving them new rankings. read more >

Whether the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign violated the academic-freedom rights of Steven G. Salaita, an Israel critic denied a job there, is likely to depend on whether campus administrators had previously made Mr. Salaita a formal job offer and whether his tweeted views on Israel were the reason they revoked it read more >

Michael R. Gottfredson’s resignation may have caught some off guard. But his tenure demonstrates recurring issues. read more >

On behalf of the AAUP Collective Bargaining Team, I’m pleased to announce that we reached agreement with PSU administration over salaries for the new Non-Tenure Track Faculty ranks as well as the procedures for re-ranking procedures. read more >

Michael R. Gottfredson has resigned, effective on Thursday, as president of the University of Oregon after two years on the job. read more >

Has the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign unfairly treated a scholar under fire for incendiary tweets? The question is fanning tensions within the AAUP. read more >

Good chants matter. They’re sound bites, which is what the media seeks, so they can really get your message across. And when chants work, they express and embody collective power—so they help make your action work, too. read more >

The University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth has been ordered to pay nearly $1.2-million in back pay, damages, and other costs to a professor of English who filed complaints. read more >

Portland State University professors are the No. 7 least accessible in the nation, according to an unscientific survey of 130,000 college students released Monday. read more >