Even as long-neglected maintenance threatens to further escalate the price of higher education, universities continue to borrow and spend record amounts on new buildings. read more >

“We took the strike-authorization vote. When are we going to fight, if not now?” read more >

Welcome to PSU fellow organizers, data analysts, seasoned campaigners, and advocates for improved higher education! read more >

"Public research universities are being asked to educate more students and effectively prepare them for the workforce and society at the same time they continue to face reduced state and local funding," APLU President Peter McPherson said. read more >

“Students’ backgrounds tended to shape what they got out of the course. For minority students, the dialogue did little to reframe their thinking. It did, though, give them an opportunity to trade perspectives and bond with other students, in a room where others looked like them. But for many white students, hearing about their classmates’ experiences upended their assumptions.” read more >

"While each school's board of trustees has the authority to hire and fire the presidents and holds public meetings, the presidential council doesn't intend to open its doors to the general public." read more >

“College leaders could and should be doing far more to promote the use of free, openly licensed materials, to prevent publishers from treating students ‘like walking cash registers.’” read more >

Universities are discovering that keeping low-income students in school takes more than financial aid. read more >

“It's very important that whatever we do will be a deep understanding of what as a college we need and what we stand for in the long run.” read more >

U.S. Education Secretary John King will argue that interactions with children from different backgrounds prepare students for the workforce. read more >

“It is more effective to sanction or censure the campus administration because they are the ones who have more of a long-term interest in trying to get off the list.” read more >

Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s decision in Fisher v. University of Texas significantly undermines the very goals the court hopes to achieve, argues George A. Nation III. read more >

"Many observers expected a 4-to-3 decision striking down the Texas policy, with Justice Anthony M. Kennedy serving as the swing vote. Instead, he wrote the majority opinion in the case." read more >

Most departing faculty members leave quietly, but some make their dissatisfaction public. read more >

Portland State University announced last week the appointment of Cliff Allen as the new dean of the School of Business Administration. read more >

"The attacks are not going to stop," Howard J. Bunsis, chairman of the AAUP’s Collective Bargaining Congress read more >

“I tell our LGBTQ students, faculty, staff, and alumni this: You are not alone. Your university stands with you.” read more >

Colleges in the area try to reassure students. Press reports say two victims were students. Nationwide, attack on gay club prompts vigils, discussion and sadness. read more >

“This is about persuading institutions to do the right thing with respect to how they admit their students,” Secretary of Education John King said. “This effort is about removing arbitrary obstacles.” read more >

At many colleges, new assistant professors earn close to or even more than long timers. U of Washington is trying to do something about it -- and finding out how hard it is. read more >