HIGHER ED FACULTY
Columbia Liberal-Arts Faculty Fret Over Funding
August 13, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Professors Complain of Undersupported Sabbaticals, Inadequate Staffing read more >
August 13, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Professors Complain of Undersupported Sabbaticals, Inadequate Staffing read more >
August 12, 2014 / Phil Lesch
UO’s Gottfredson gets $940,000 on the way out read more >
August 12, 2014 / Phil Lesch
In a culture of accountability, some professors call on technology to collect information about student participation in the classroom. read more >
August 11, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Until the Oregon State Board of Higher Education slipped quietly out of existence this summer, Matt Donegan spent five years on it, the last three as chairman. read more >
August 11, 2014 / Phil Lesch
In an effort to better recognize the work of those off the tenure track, some colleges are giving them new rankings. read more >
August 08, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Whether the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign violated the academic-freedom rights of Steven G. Salaita, an Israel critic denied a job there, is likely to depend on whether campus administrators had previously made Mr. Salaita a formal job offer and whether his tweeted views on Israel were the reason they revoked it read more >
August 08, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Michael R. Gottfredson’s resignation may have caught some off guard. But his tenure demonstrates recurring issues. read more >
August 07, 2014 / Phil Lesch
On behalf of the AAUP Collective Bargaining Team, I’m pleased to announce that we reached agreement with PSU administration over salaries for the new Non-Tenure Track Faculty ranks as well as the procedures for re-ranking procedures. read more >
August 07, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Michael R. Gottfredson has resigned, effective on Thursday, as president of the University of Oregon after two years on the job. read more >
August 07, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Has the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign unfairly treated a scholar under fire for incendiary tweets? The question is fanning tensions within the AAUP. read more >
August 06, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Good chants matter. They’re sound bites, which is what the media seeks, so they can really get your message across. And when chants work, they express and embody collective power—so they help make your action work, too. read more >
August 06, 2014 / Phil Lesch
The University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth has been ordered to pay nearly $1.2-million in back pay, damages, and other costs to a professor of English who filed complaints. read more >
August 05, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Portland State University professors are the No. 7 least accessible in the nation, according to an unscientific survey of 130,000 college students released Monday. read more >
August 05, 2014 / Phil Lesch
At no U.S. college were students more effusive about their professors than at Reed. read more >
August 05, 2014 / Phil Lesch
At gathering of adjunct leaders, they are urged to strike for better pay and job security – regardless of whether the law permits them to do so. read more >
August 05, 2014 / Phil Lesch
The association plans to investigate tenure practices at the U. of Texas’ M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. The center responds: First, explain your authority. read more >
August 04, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Legislative reforms to public pension benefits, coupled with higher than expected investment returns, have stanched the meteoric rise in required contributions to Oregon's public pension system, the system's actuary says. read more >
August 04, 2014 / Phil Lesch
When Starbucks announced it would help employees get four-year degrees, media praised the company’s altruism. Few looked at the fine print read more >
August 04, 2014 / Phil Lesch
The union should approach every meeting of a Labor-Management Committee with the same mindset that it would bring to contract bargaining, never forgetting that management’s goals and the union’s are distinct. read more >
August 01, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Two of Oregon's largest public employee unions have stopped collecting dues from thousands of home care workers who didn't belong to the union but had been required to help pay the costs of union representation. read more >