HIGHER ED FACULTY
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April 07, 2015 / Phil Lesch
If the end result is more excitement, more engagement, and hopefully more learning read more >
April 07, 2015 / Phil Lesch
If the end result is more excitement, more engagement, and hopefully more learning read more >
April 07, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Members of the American Association of University Professors demonstrate with students against a tuition raise during a recent Board of Trustee vote. read more >
April 06, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Though it feels like we just settled a contract, we’ll start bargaining again in May. Things are a little different this time around. As you may have already heard, we have agreed to use an Interest-Based Bargaining negotiation process. Interest-Based Bargaining (IBB) takes a more collaborative, problem-solving approach to contract negotiations. read more >
April 06, 2015 / Phil Lesch
ONCE upon a time in America, baby boomers paid for college with the money they made from their summer jobs. Then, over the course of the next few decades, public funding for higher education was slashed. read more >
April 03, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Faculty and staff at Massachusetts's Roxbury Community College protest alleged lack of communication and changes pushed by the institution's president and her administration. read more >
April 03, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Upcoming events: Speaker Series, organizer trainings, Spring caucus' and Harvest Share. read more >
April 03, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Former governor drafted legislation before November re-election. read more >
April 02, 2015 / Phil Lesch
A University of Michigan faculty committee accuses the administration of ignoring instructors’ due-process rights in handling complaints of sexual misconduct. read more >
April 01, 2015 / Phil Lesch
A scholar who works with LGBT students fears a "brain drain" if the state doesn’t quickly reverse course on the controversial law. read more >
April 01, 2015 / Phil Lesch
The Portland State Board of Trustees voted 10–2 at the winter term quarterly Board meeting to approve a resolution that outlines a 4.2 percent increase in tuition and fees for resident undergraduates. The increase will take effect Fall 2015. read more >