A wave of organizing is sweeping contingent faculty. Below, a list of current campaigns in 22 states and D.C. shows how far and wide this wave has spread.
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Portland State University is in the midst of a campus-wide debate about whether or not to create an armed university police force.
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This year's referendums include issues of governance, facilities, minimum wage and more.
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Once upon a time, newly-minted science Ph.D.s would get research jobs at a senior scientist's laboratory, to train and hone the ideas they would explore at their own labs.
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Does a professor have a right to know why he or she didn’t earn tenure?
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That is a problem, because campus police departments are under the immediate control or influence of college administrators.
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The local associations of the Oregon Education Association from across the Portland Metro region have worked together to create an upcoming event called the “Quality Education Festival.”
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Measure 86 would build fund for financial aid
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The Pay It Forward program was concieved as an alternative method to paying for college tuition.
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Working off the tenure track, it’s easy to feel that you’re only a couple of dissatisfied students away from losing your job.
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October 2nd Member Meeting recap and reminder for October Caucus'
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What would academe look like without adjuncts?
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The public university’s trustees have refused to recognize the Faculty Senate, which administrators have hit with an open-records request.
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Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley toured several Oregon campuses to hear students talk about the high cost of college — and to promote his proposals to help them.
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Internet searches sometimes yield answers to questions that hiring committees are legally forbidden to ask.
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PSU-AAUP Member Meeting and Jeff Merkley's Fighting for College Affordability Tour
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Administrators increasingly devalue the expertise of their own faculty
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We cannot ignore the fact that administrative bloat – the huge growth in the number of administrators and their salaries – is one of the key drivers of college costs.
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One in 10 current female students at the University of Oregon indicate they have been raped while attending college, according to a new survey of 982 students released Tuesday by Jennifer Freyd, a professor in the UO's Department of Psychology.
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