OTHER LABOR NEWS
The real crisis in public education: Guest opinion
October 28, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Years of budget cuts in K-12 education have given Oregon one of the shortest school years in the country. read more >
October 28, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Years of budget cuts in K-12 education have given Oregon one of the shortest school years in the country. read more >
October 28, 2014 / Phil Lesch
The Graduate School of Education at Portland State received a $1.2 million grant in late September for its American Indian Teaching Program. read more >
October 28, 2014 / Phil Lesch
GTFs, or graduate teaching fellows, are grad students who instruct in undergraduate courses. Federation President Joe Henry said the union is requesting a pay raise and paid leave. read more >
October 28, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Adjuncts at Tufts say their first union contract, which includes significant pay and job security gains and a right to be interviewed for full-time positions, could be a model for new unions in negotiations elsewhere. read more >
October 27, 2014 / Phil Lesch
State legislators across the country are regulating campus culture, and in those decisions they are tying the hands of university officials, threatening academic freedom, and, ultimately, diluting the education of students. read more >
October 27, 2014 / Phil Lesch
The union for graduate students who help teach undergraduate courses at the University of Oregon is threatening to strike in a dispute with the administration over pay and leave. read more >
October 27, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Two unions in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system have disavowed a reorganization effort, in the latest case of faculty suspicion of consulting firms. read more >
October 24, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Education may be a key issue in several states’ elections this fall, but referendums related to higher education are thin this political season. read more >
October 24, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Are faculty well-positioned to mentor students? What do we tell them? read more >
October 24, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Nearly 70% of faculty responding to poll oppose Sworm Armed Police Department at PSU read more >
October 23, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Biology professor Tyrone Hayes is a favorite of anti-herbicide activists but is shunned by chemical companies read more >
October 23, 2014 / Phil Lesch
$24 million to help train diverse science and health researchers read more >
October 23, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Resolutions on the issue often focus on symbolism more than specifics, as a recent flap over the American Studies Association's boycott demonstrates. read more >
October 21, 2014 / Phil Lesch
$2 billion campaign is state’s largest ever read more >
October 21, 2014 / Phil Lesch
The dystopia will be edteched. read more >
October 20, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Fall Caucus meeting for all Tenure Related Faculty in Smith 238 read more >
October 20, 2014 / Phil Lesch
One question sat firmly at the heart of Tuesday's Supreme Court arguments over cuts to the Public Employees Retirement System: What does it mean to make a promise? read more >
October 20, 2014 / Phil Lesch
The U. of Colorado’s philosophy department wanted to be seen as more welcoming to women. The plan backfired. read more >
October 17, 2014 / Phil Lesch
You might think that adjuncts are not your concern, but here are four reasons why you should care. read more >
October 17, 2014 / Phil Lesch
Why the board-centered classroom is still the best place to teach and learn. read more >