As younger generations become more racially diverse, many states are allocating fewer tax dollars to public colleges and universities. read more >

Lake alleges he faced racially offensive and deprecating comments in faculty and group settings at the school, and that he was treated differently than his white colleagues when students complained about him. read more >

Jay Smith, a history professor at the U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has long accused the university of trying to interfere with his teaching of a class on college sports. read more >

Contractor Apocalypse: California Supreme Court Adopts Broad New Misclassification Test read more >

ASPSU Letter to the Board of Trustees read more >

Have you displayed your new PSU-AAUP poster? read more >

Introducing Amy Borden read more >

The election to be recognized as a federally recognized union was a landslide read more >

Report Highlights Stagnant Pay, Gender Inequity, and Retirement Security Crisis Among Higher Ed Faculty read more >

Our amicus brief, submitted March 28, argues that the new travel ban “jeopardizes the many contributions that foreign students, scholars, and researchers make to American colleges and universities, as well as our nation’s economy and general well-being.” read more >

This calls into question Jacoby’s ability to impartially judge submissions to the journal, Brown said. She added that the Women’s Caucus as a group had called on the Midwest Political Science Association to remove or suspend Jacoby. read more >

Video re:Learning at SXSWedu read more >

Joseph Castro, president of California State U. at Fresno: "Just because you’re a tenured professor doesn’t mean you can do or say whatever you wish." read more >

At meeting of trustees, presidents and other campus leaders discuss the continuing turmoil colleges face in mediating tension over free speech. read more >

Randa Jarrar's case at Cal State Fresno has attracted national attention, much of it arguably undue. Will she be punished? It's hard to say, given academe's unpredictable track record on discipline for faculty social media snafus. read more >

Survey finds strong faculty support for free expression on campus, even for ideas some would consider offensive. read more >

Southern Illinois Carbondale's proposal that alumni volunteers do faculty work (without pay) doesn't go over well. read more >

Extremist groups with dangerous agendas are setting their sights on Oregon. They’re ready to spend big money to stop the progress Oregon is making with a series of destructive ballot measures that target women, immigrant communities, and all Oregon families. We’re standing together to defeat these big money campaigns and stop extremist forces in their tracks. read more >

On Tuesday, April 10 and Wednesday, April 11, Associated Students of Portland State University held two pre-election debates read more >

Significant changes to the structure and procedures for faculty participation in institutional governance should not be made unilaterally. read more >