PSU-AAUP and the University have reached agreement on a new better definition of academic freedom. Article 12 will be modified to reflect new definition and to be consistent with new Board of Trustee policy on Role of President, Faculty, Shared Governance and Academic Freedom. read more >

Jordan Schnitzer, the Portland real estate developer and philanthropist, will give $5 million to Portland State University to open an art museum in the heart of campus. read more >

In conjunction with the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, the AAUP is seeking information from any faculty members who have had their cell phones or other electronic devices searched by US border patrol officers at the nation’s borders while traveling internationally read more >

JPH faculty travel to/from OHSU now has a process that can be implemented read more >

A student-government organization in Washington State on Monday condemned proposed legislation that would strip funding from Evergreen State College read more >

Many college and university presidents have signed a statement -- "We Are Still In" -- that will be released today. read more >

Today Portland came out and made it clear that this is a city that will not stand for racist hate! The Portland Stands United Against Hate Rally drew out 1200-1500 read more >

A Trimet Board of Directors meeting to approve its new $1.2 billion budget on May 24 attracted a crowd of activists read more >

International education professionals meeting this week for NAFSA’s annual conference confront a difficult political environment. read more >

We join with others in condemning the wave of intimidation and threats that have swept campuses and the country this year read more >

This is not the first time there have been substantive issues with the position placement of AAUP members. The history and the significance of the issues demand that PSU-AAUP formally protest the lack of objectivity and the inadequacy of the desk audits and other HR rocesses that were used to justify decisions that had significant impact on AAUP members. read more >

Agreeement reached to recapture unspent and unallocated FDC Funds after expiration of FDC grants read more >

The Faculty Equity Workgroup has been working on the salary increase since October 2016 read more >

Non-tenure-track faculty members at Northwestern University have narrowly voted to form a union represented by the Service Employees International Union Local 73, the Chicago Tribune reports. read more >

Getting into college and making it through can be hard no matter what your circumstances. But for first-generation students - the first in their families to attend college - the challenges are even greater read more >

The state auditor of California last month released a report saying that the California State University system had hired managers at more than twice the rate of other employees read more >

One of the men who came to the defense of a teenager wearing a hijab on a MAX train Friday won a 2013 poetry competition with a poem condemning prejudices faced by Muslims. read more >

Law makes it an unlawful employment practice to discriminate in payment of wages and to use screen based on previous salary history. The law is awaiting Governor's signature and she is expected to sign. read more >

Racism on the MAX read more >

A Better Oregon is hosting Oregon Can't Wait- Rally for Revenue. Tuesday, June 6, Noon to 1 pm. Register by May 31 and receive a complimentary lunch and t-shirt! read more >