Unions and university use interest-based bargaining to start to strike a deal read more >

This idiotic political shorthand needs to die, once and for all. read more >

The UO Board of Trustees could authorize the university to pursue the proposal at its June 4-5 meeting read more >

Early in his third term, Gov. John Kitzhaber created a powerful overarching education board that he pledged would forge dramatic improvements statewide. read more >

We have a bargaining update and some other news below. read more >

Communication protocols and ground rules read more >

Julie Esparza Brown said the district must take a better look at how to improve Oregon's statewide education picture. read more >

An analysis of more than 200 court decisions involving faculty members’ First Amendment lawsuits says colleges usually win. read more >

Kerry Ann Rockquemore offers questions for pretenure academics to consider before getting active on controversial topics on social media. read more >

Voters will have a chance to reshape the Portland Public Schools Board of Education read more >

Bargaining kicks off with faculty union rally read more >

Salam Noor, former assistant superintendent of Oregon and Salem-Keizer schools read more >

As colleges expand on the web, a professor who builds a course sometimes must to trust another to teach it. read more >

Academe recently caught up with Pam Miller, the chapter’s president, and Phil Lesch, executive director of PSU-AAUP, to discuss the contract negotiations and the chapter’s continuous work to engage its faculty. read more >

Bernard Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont and long-shot candidate for the Democratic Party’s 2016 presidential nomination, introduced a bill on Tuesday that would make attending all four-year public colleges free. read more >

Establishing ground rules is taking longer than it does in traditional bargaining because we are practicing the IBB steps as we create ground rules. read more >

The answer requires us to think about power. read more >

Administrations, not department chairs, are responsible for making decisions about the pay of adjunct instructors. And for most, it’s not a priority. read more >

PSU-AAUP endorsement update read more >

The presidents of Oregon's seven public universities urged Gov. Kate Brown and the Legislature Thursday to devote some of an increased amount of money in May's state revenue forecast to post-secondary education. read more >