Neither the legal principle of academic freedom nor the receipt of outside financial support for his work gives a public-college lecturer a right to declare his correspondence private, the University of Kansas argued this week in state court. read more >

Only 24 percent of Oregon community college students reviewed in a state audit released Wednesday received an associate's degree or certificate within seven years read more >

Administrators increasingly outnumber faculty, and they're weighing down higher education. read more >

The plight of non-tenured professors is widely known, but what about the impact they have on the students they’re hired to instruct? read more >

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An opportunity to build skills and connect with the broader labor movement. read more >

The history of Medgar Evers College parallels that of many historically black institutions where shared governance has been an elusive goal. read more >

OEIB, we hardly knew ye. read more >

Unions and university use interest-based bargaining to start to strike a deal read more >

This idiotic political shorthand needs to die, once and for all. read more >

The UO Board of Trustees could authorize the university to pursue the proposal at its June 4-5 meeting read more >

Early in his third term, Gov. John Kitzhaber created a powerful overarching education board that he pledged would forge dramatic improvements statewide. read more >

We have a bargaining update and some other news below. read more >

Communication protocols and ground rules read more >

Julie Esparza Brown said the district must take a better look at how to improve Oregon's statewide education picture. read more >

An analysis of more than 200 court decisions involving faculty members’ First Amendment lawsuits says colleges usually win. read more >

Kerry Ann Rockquemore offers questions for pretenure academics to consider before getting active on controversial topics on social media. read more >

Voters will have a chance to reshape the Portland Public Schools Board of Education read more >

Bargaining kicks off with faculty union rally read more >

Salam Noor, former assistant superintendent of Oregon and Salem-Keizer schools read more >

As colleges expand on the web, a professor who builds a course sometimes must to trust another to teach it. read more >