Amid the public-relations back and forth over Starbucks’s new partnership with Arizona State University’s online degree program, an online comment caught our eye read more >

The University of Oregon's Faculty Senate says it has approved a statement on academic freedom that is one of the strongest in the country. read more >

Massive Open Online Courses Make College Degrees More Affordable. Does That Make Them a Threat to Campus Life? read more >

We made significant progress yesterday in interim bargaining over salaries for the new non-tenure track faculty/researcher ranks. PSU administration accepted our proposed salary minimums and outlined the procedures they will follow as faculty re-rank into the newly adopted titles read more >

Here are a few important announcements as academic year 13-14 comes to a close read more >

This member update includes: Update on Bargaining New Ranks, Executive Council adopts revisions to PSU-AAUP Bylaws, Welcome Emily Wiant, new PSU-AAUP Office Coordinator, PSU administration grants remedy on TSUSP Guideline contractual grievance; Association avoids arbitration costs, Agreement reached with administration on revisions to PSU Consensual Relations Policy, Agreement reached with administration on revisions to the PSU Acceptable Use Policy read more >

On Thursday, June 5th, the two teams met for a second bargaining session to negotiate the effects of the implementation of the revision to the University Promotion and Tenure Guidelines, and to set salaries for the new fixed-term faculty rates. read more >