PSU-AAUP
[PSU-AAUP Elections] Executive Council Election ballot opens March 1
February 27, 2015 / Phil Lesch
The ballot for the election of councilors to the Executive Council of PSU-AAUP will open Sunday March 1, 2015 at 9am. read more >
February 27, 2015 / Phil Lesch
The ballot for the election of councilors to the Executive Council of PSU-AAUP will open Sunday March 1, 2015 at 9am. read more >
February 27, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Sixteen months after rejecting the idea by a narrow margin, adjunct instructors at Bentley University have overwhelmingly voted to form a union affiliated with the Service Employees International Union. read more >
February 26, 2015 / Phil Lesch
The workshop will focus on questions brought by attendees, and common areas of contract misinterpretation read more >
February 26, 2015 / Phil Lesch
It's hard to estimate how many contingent professors left their classrooms. But some who couldn't walk out still found ways to show their support. read more >
February 25, 2015 / Phil Lesch
A prominent professor uses a disciplinary meeting to discuss his struggles with depression -- and encourages others in academe to talk about mental health issues. read more >
February 24, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Timing is everything -- and in Salem, it rarely seems to be the time for higher education. We're running out of states beneath us. read more >
February 24, 2015 / Phil Lesch
National adjunct walkout day is tomorrow: Wednesday, February 25. read more >
February 24, 2015 / Phil Lesch
The University of Oregon may release results of an investigation as soon as this week into the release of confidential information from the school's archives. read more >
February 24, 2015 / Phil Lesch
The American Association of University Professors is urging the University of North Carolina system’s governing board to reject a working group’s recommendation to close an independent center on poverty issues. read more >
February 23, 2015 / Phil Lesch
A brash tech entrepreneur thinks he can reinvent higher education by stripping it down to its essence, eliminating lectures and tenure along with football games, ivy-covered buildings, and research libraries. What if he's right? read more >
February 20, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Article 18 Labor/Management Task Force proposal approved by PSU-AAUP EC, update on Family Friendly Task Force, and Speaker Series read more >
February 20, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Without changes, the university’s standing will keep sinking read more >
February 20, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Like many Americans, I’ve been wary of labor unions...I was wrong. read more >
February 19, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Please consider giving 1-5 hours of your time to help with communications or events read more >
February 19, 2015 / Phil Lesch
If you can’t support adjuncts out of fairness, then support us out of pure self-interest read more >
February 18, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Students, mascots and education leaders gather at the Capitol to demonstrate for more state support read more >
February 18, 2015 / Phil Lesch
These contingent faculty members now account for about 75 percent of the professoriate, surpassing one million in number. read more >
February 17, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Oregon's chief education officer, Nancy Golden, said Monday she is confident that public education will advance under governor-to-be Kate Brown, given Brown's track record. read more >
February 17, 2015 / Phil Lesch
U. of Denver moves to new titles, a career path and multiyear contracts for those off the tenure track. Could this be a model for other institutions? read more >
February 17, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Department Listening Sessions, Article 18 (Non-Tenure Track Faculty) Labor/Management Task Force Proposal, 2013 SHAC Winter Closure Grievance settled, and Legislative Update read more >