Almost 55 percent of students enrolled at the University of Oregon will not finish their degrees within six years. Largely a result of significant increases in tuition and the difficulty of balancing work and school, many students have had to choose whether or not to leave the university. read more >

N.L.R.B. revives bids for collective bargaining for graduate students at Columbia and the New School, potentially permitting new challenges to ruling that has limited unionization. read more >

Portland State University (PSU) will increase student tuition by about 4 percent starting this fall. read more >

A bill that would tie tuition at public colleges in Washington State to a portion of the average state wage passed the State Senate on Wednesday, The Spokesman-Review reports. read more >

The American Association of University Professors has come out against Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to cut ties between the State of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin system. read more >

SMSU 294
April 14, 2015 - 12-1pm}

Tenure Track Caucus is on April 14th at 12-1pm in SMSU 294 read more >

We have an opportunity to stand with students, against yet another tuition hike this year. The Board of Trustees will vote on the proposed increase tomorrow (Thursday March 12) read more >

The tentative contract could be a model for graduate students at other private colleges. But first they face the challenge of getting their unions recognized. read more >

The tentative contract could be a model for graduate students at other private colleges. But first they face the challenge of getting their unions recognized. read more >

How can institutions protect themselves while upholding scholars’ freedom of speech? read more >

Despite protest from students, the board votes to bump in-state tuition 3.8 percent and out-of-state 3.7 percent read more >

Contingent faculty members are demanding—and getting—better working conditions read more >

One former adjunct describes a system that's untenable. read more >

To avoid a similar fate, small colleges need to be hard-nosed about what works and what doesn’t, experts say. read more >

The first ever National Adjunct Walkout Day took place last week on Wednesday, Feb. 25. The event aimed to raise awareness of unfair labor practices that adjunct instructors face at universities nationwide. read more >

The average salary for tenured professors at Oregon’s colleges and universities is $30,000 less than their peers across the United States. read more >

Applying for the first time its new standards for weighing whether college faculty members can unionize, the National Labor Relations Board has given the green light to a union election by contingent faculty members at Seattle University. read more >

How an opportunity to hire a tenure-track faculty member went awry read more >

The university system said a reference to the potential "enacting of a de-tenure process" was "inadvertent and incorrect." But faculty members remain leery. read more >

State funding plan overlooks many reasons for attending community colleges read more >