As the activist's racial identity became a national story, her colleagues tried to make sense of their shock. read more >

Oregon's promise to its students must begin with a frank diagnosis of their needs and a clear path to making college an attainable goal. read more >

Faculty who use active and participatory learning methods were often frustrated by the inflexible rooms they were assigned to. read more >

Members of two associations were much more likely to report using them voluntarily than to say others had called for them. read more >

Portland State University's Board of Trustees voted Thursday to extend President Wim Wiewel's tenure by three years — without a raise. read more >

The professors’ association also votes to censure Felician College, the University of Southern Maine, and the University of Texas’ Cancer Center. read more >

AAUP BARGAINING on Family-Friendly Policies and SEIU Rally read more >

Should faculty members be concerned if administrators check references who were not supplied by job candidates? read more >

Portland State University police officers armed with guns will begin patrolling the campus July 1, as the result of a PSU Board of Trustees vote Thursday. read more >

Mission creep in public higher education has always worried me, and the worries seem to increase with every passing day. read more >

From 2000 to 2012, U.S. government spending increased by 32 percent, while state spending fell by 37 percent read more >

Michael Schill, the University of Oregon's incoming president, will be the highest-paid academic chief executive in the state when he starts work July 1. read more >

We finally finished ground rules! read more >

Oregon's much-discussed "Pay It Forward" tuition repayment program still isn't ready to launch, a House panel said this week. read more >

The strike by child care workers is the latest in a series of work actions that is putting Germany on track to have the most days lost to labor action in nearly a decade. read more >

The Board of Trustees will meet on Thursday, June 11th from noon to 5pm at University Place. The agenda is big, and there are two points that you need to know about read more >

One Board member needed for the Public Employees Retirement Board (PERS) read more >

Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, who began building a national profile four years ago by sharply cutting collective bargaining rights for most government workers, has turned his sights to a different element of the public sector: state universities. read more >

Faculty members say the university system's Board of Regents missed an opportunity to ask that the legislature abandon controversial changes to tenure and shared governance. read more >

Seven Oregon public institutions press for a $755 million two-year budget read more >