On May 16, 2013, members of PSU-AAUP joined students and AFT to show support for a fair SEIU contract on the campus and to show support for fair working conditions for the workers at University Place Hotel. The administration heard us loud and clear - We are in this together! read more >

Students at Massachusetts Bay Community College this year got a rare opportunity to take a computer-science course designed and taught online by some of the top professors in the field. read more >

Coursera, the Silicon Valley-based provider of massive open online courses, announced on Thursday a series of deals with state universities that would place the young company squarely in the middle of the current upheaval in public higher education. read more >

These days many research universities are constantly looking for new grant competitions and encouraging their faculty members to apply. On Friday, the University of California at Los Angeles took the unusual step of telling professors not to apply to a major new grant competition from a pharmaceutical company, saying that the program violated university rules. read more >

These days many research universities are constantly looking for new grant competitions and encouraging their faculty members to apply. On Friday, the University of California at Los Angeles took the unusual step of telling professors not to apply to a major new grant competition from a pharmaceutical company, saying that the program violated university rules. read more >

“Since students pay so much for their education here, we decided that we could not tolerate a decrease in the quality.” read more >

Several dozen professors in Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences have signed a letter to their dean asking for formal oversight of the massive open online courses offered by Harvard through edX, a MOOC provider co-founded by the university. read more >

Recently, the Education Department issued a controversial "blueprint" for dealing with sexual harassment that could expose colleges that follow it to First Amendment lawsuits and redefine every flirtation and request to go out on a date as potential sexual harassment. It rejects decades of court rulings by declaring that any unwelcome speech or conduct of a sexual nature is harassment, even if it would not offend a reasonable person. read more >

At our third Bargaining Session, May 21, 2013, the AAUP-PSU Bargaining Team gave oral response to the letter delivered to us by PSU Attorney, David Reese . read more >

In an effort to curb Western influence, China's leaders have reportedly banned the discussion of seven subjects in university classrooms, including press freedom, universal values, and the historical mistakes of the Chinese Communist Party. read more >

We'll be bargaining on Tuesday, May 21st, 12-3 in Market Center Building, Room 650 - please come to observe for any part of that time that you can! read more >

Check out what's happening in bargaining! read more >

The scandals roiling Washington over the past two weeks involve troubling government behavior that had been hidden—the IRS targeting of conservative groups and the Justice Department's surveillance of the Associated Press, among others. Largely overlooked amid the histrionics has been a shocker hiding in plain sight. Last week, the Obama administration moved to dramatically undermine students' and faculty rights at colleges across the country. read more >

Wisconsin teaching assistants held a "grade-in"—preparing lessons as they occupied the administration building—to draw attention to their vital work and fight their falling wages. Average take-home pay is just $9,500 a year. Photo: Michael Billeaux. We occupied Bascom Hall (the central administration building) to grade papers, hold office hours, prepare lessons, and analyze data—just like we do for hundreds of courses and projects on campus every day—and draw attention to our economic insecurity. read more >

Please come join us to celebrate 35 years at Portland State! read more >

PSU-AAUP Bargaining and News read more >

For Many Public-College Presidents, Homes Don't Count in Pay Packages read more >

PSU-AAUP Bargaining and News read more >

The Oregon legislature is considering two bills that would give universities more authority and decision-making power. read more >

The American Association of University Professors has sharply criticized New York University’s treatment of faculty members on its campus in Florence, Italy, declaring that adjunct professors there saw abrupt pay cuts and three longtime studio-arts professors were terminated, allegedly for trying to help form a faculty union. read more >