At the rally, students demanded increases to higher education budgets including: $755 million for universities, $550 million for community colleges. read more >

Full-time professors at Tufts University voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to unionize. read more >

A new Labor Board ruling could finally unstick the unionization of professors in the private sector—a project that’s been stalled for 35 years. read more >

The decentralized budget model adopted by Oregon has a long history at some elite institutions and often goes by a jargony name: Responsibility Center Management, or RCM. But it's likely to be increasingly familiar. read more >

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation this week released results from a survey it commissioned of faculty attitudes read more >

Executive Council adopts Slate of Candidates for 2015 Election read more >

Gov. Bruce Rauner, the newly elected Republican who has often criticized public sector unions, took his first step toward curbing their power on Monday by announcing an executive order that would bar unions from requiring all state workers to pay the equivalent of dues. read more >

Tuesday Feb. 10th, noon-1pm, Smith 298 read more >

Hey legislature, can you spare $1.315 billion? That’s the question that the Oregon Student Association will ask in Salem at its Feb. 12 rally to restore higher education. read more >

It's widely acknowledged that adjunct instructors are underpaid, but just how much do they deserve? A new union proposal shocks some, but others say it's appropriate. read more >

A Berkeley analysis of disparities by race and gender in faculty salaries raises key questions: Which gaps matter? Why do gaps vary? What can be done to eliminate them? read more >

Below is a preliminary list of faculty development blogs and bloggers read more >

The National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday ordered its regional officials to reconsider labor disputes involving proposed adjunct-faculty unions at three Roman Catholic colleges in light of its December decision clearing the way for such a union at Pacific Lutheran University. read more >

Colleges increasingly turn to full-time, contingent instructors to handle work once done by tenure-track professors, a new study of federal data shows. read more >

Thursday, Feb.12, students are invited to join the Oregon Student Association (OSA) for the Rally to Restore Higher Education. The event will take place on the Capitol Steps in Salem. read more >

The first National Adjunct Walkout Day is less than a month away on February 25, prompting adjuncts across the country to determine whether they'll be allowed to take part in the protest. read more >

See full agenda here read more >

Ray has goals. He wants legislators to fund higher education as fully as he feels they fund K-12 schools. read more >

The ‘sharing economy’ meets higher education read more >

Declares victory in exposing 'obsessive secrecy' read more >