by ephyra | Oct 30, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
This is Campus Equity Week across the nation. In Pennsylvania, PASSHE faculty are focused on the state system’s self-destructive process of mass retrenchment. The theme of Campus Equity Week is “Stand Up. Speak Out. Organize.” Yesterday at East Stroudsburg,...
by ephyra | Oct 29, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
By Amy Lynch-Biniek, Associate Professor of English, Kutztown University For the past two years, I’ve been working on a qualitative study of contingent teachers. In particular, I’ve been examining how temporary faculty and permanent faculty choose text...
by ephyra | Oct 28, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
Campus Equity Week begins today and will end on Friday, November 2. This year’s theme is Stand Up. Speak Out. Organize. Around the country, faculty organizations are building awareness about the issues facing temporary faculty members. We have seen that the online...
by ephyra | Oct 25, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
Yesterday at Edinboro University, students rallied in solidarity with faculty members facing retrenchment. Students waited outside of President Julie Wollman’s office and requested real answers on the future of their education. They pointed out that classes are...
by ephyra | Oct 17, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
“In 2011 the State System’s appropriation was cut by $90 million. For the past two years we’ve seen flat-funding and minimal tuition increases. Now our universities are facing financial difficulties, and they are choosing to cut programs, faculty, and staff at the...
by ephyra | Oct 14, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
By Dr. Ken Mash, APSCUF Vice President Over the last several years, administrative leaders have implied that universities ought to emulate businesses and prioritize efficiency. In recent weeks this argument reached a high point when at one of our universities...
