Promoting Quality Higher Education– An Investment in Oregon’s Future
June 16, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Members of two associations were much more likely to report using them voluntarily than to say others had called for them. read more >
June 15, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Portland State University's Board of Trustees voted Thursday to extend President Wim Wiewel's tenure by three years — without a raise. read more >
June 15, 2015 / Phil Lesch
The professors’ association also votes to censure Felician College, the University of Southern Maine, and the University of Texas’ Cancer Center. read more >
June 12, 2015 / Phil Lesch
AAUP BARGAINING on Family-Friendly Policies and SEIU Rally read more >
June 12, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Should faculty members be concerned if administrators check references who were not supplied by job candidates? read more >
June 12, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Portland State University police officers armed with guns will begin patrolling the campus July 1, as the result of a PSU Board of Trustees vote Thursday. read more >
June 11, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Mission creep in public higher education has always worried me, and the worries seem to increase with every passing day. read more >
June 11, 2015 / Phil Lesch
From 2000 to 2012, U.S. government spending increased by 32 percent, while state spending fell by 37 percent read more >
June 11, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Michael Schill, the University of Oregon's incoming president, will be the highest-paid academic chief executive in the state when he starts work July 1. read more >
June 10, 2015 / Phil Lesch
We finally finished ground rules! read more >
June 10, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Oregon's much-discussed "Pay It Forward" tuition repayment program still isn't ready to launch, a House panel said this week. read more >
June 10, 2015 / Phil Lesch
The strike by child care workers is the latest in a series of work actions that is putting Germany on track to have the most days lost to labor action in nearly a decade. read more >
June 10, 2015 / Phil Lesch
The Board of Trustees will meet on Thursday, June 11th from noon to 5pm at University Place. The agenda is big, and there are two points that you need to know about read more >
June 05, 2015 / Phil Lesch
One Board member needed for the Public Employees Retirement Board (PERS) read more >
June 05, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, who began building a national profile four years ago by sharply cutting collective bargaining rights for most government workers, has turned his sights to a different element of the public sector: state universities. read more >
June 05, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Faculty members say the university system's Board of Regents missed an opportunity to ask that the legislature abandon controversial changes to tenure and shared governance. read more >
June 04, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Seven Oregon public institutions press for a $755 million two-year budget read more >
June 04, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Strike Debt PDX holds student debtors' assembly on Park Blocks read more >
June 04, 2015 / Phil Lesch
The American Association of University Professors called the proposal "a direct attack on higher education as a public good." Here’s a guide to the dispute. read more >
June 03, 2015 / Phil Lesch
The presidents of Oregon universities are pledging to limit tuition hikes if the Legislature agrees to boost higher education funding over the next two years. read more >