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PSU-AAUP

Portland State University–AAUP

May 19, 2015 / Phil Lesch

Academe recently caught up with Pam Miller, the chapter’s president, and Phil Lesch, executive director of PSU-AAUP, to discuss the contract negotiations and the chapter’s continuous work to engage its faculty. read more >

BARGAINING

Ground Rules: Part 2

May 18, 2015 / Phil Lesch

Establishing ground rules is taking longer than it does in traditional bargaining because we are practicing the IBB steps as we create ground rules. read more >

HIGHER ED FACULTY

An Adjunct’s Farewell

May 18, 2015 / Phil Lesch

Administrations, not department chairs, are responsible for making decisions about the pay of adjunct instructors. And for most, it’s not a priority. read more >

HIGHER ED FACULTY

New Career Path?

May 15, 2015 / Phil Lesch

New book proposes teaching-intensive tenure track to address what it calls the "real" crisis in the humanities. read more >

HIGHER ED FACULTY

Professor Meets World

May 14, 2015 / Phil Lesch

What happens when scholars discuss potentially controversial ideas outside the "bubbles" of their disciplines and academe? read more >

OTHER LABOR NEWS

Students succeed when Oregon reinvests in higher ed

May 11, 2015 / Phil Lesch

After years of disinvestment in higher education, Oregon’s economic recovery has finally made it possible to boost state funding for our universities. But it turns out that apportioning the gain from reinvestment can be even more challenging than rationing the pain of disinvestment. read more >

HIGHER ED FACULTY

We’ve Got Your Back

May 08, 2015 / Phil Lesch

When a Polk State professor found himself accused of being anti-Christian, the college's leaders answered back -- and said he was entitled to academic freedom. read more >

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