Press Releases
PA Promise rally to advocate for affordable college, address student debt
March 8, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, or 717-236-7486 Students, faculty, and coaches who believe higher education should be affordable can make their voices heard at the Pennsylvania Promise rally, slated...
APSCUF coaches begin negotiations
July 26, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, or 717-236-7486 APSCUF's coach negotiators held a short pro forma meeting today to kick off negotiations for their next contract. The current collective bargaining...
Pennsylvania cannot cut higher-ed opportunities, APSCUF president says after Rand study release
April 25, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton, or 717-236-7486 A state-commissioned study released today offered five possibilities for Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities, including merging or...
APSCUF faculties vote in favor of ratifying one-year agreement
Nov. 17, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton,  or 717-236-7486 Faculty union members at state-owned universities voted this week to ratify their one-year tentative agreement. Of APSCUF faculty members who voted,...
APSCUF faculty members to vote Nov. 13–15 on one-year tentative agreement
Nov. 2, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton,  or 717-236-7486 Faculty members at state-owned universities will vote Monday through Wednesday, Nov. 13–15, on whether to ratify a tentative contract agreement reached...
State System, APSCUF reach tentative agreement on new contract
    October 17, 2017 For release: Immediately Contact: Kathryn Morton, 1-800-932-0587, ext. 3007 (APSCUF) Kenn Marshall, (717) 720-4054 or (717) 329-0809 (State System) Harrisburg – With more than eight months remaining on the current collective bargaining...
Clarion University withdraws letter of intent for retrenchment
Sept. 22, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton,  or 717-236-7486 Clarion University withdrew its letter of intent for retrenchment last night, removing the concern of faculty cuts at the end of the 2017–18 year....
Faculty contract negotiations begin
Aug. 9, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton,  or 717-236-7486 Negotiators today formally opened talks for the next faculty contract between the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties...
APSCUF ready to forge working relationship with interim chancellor
Aug. 4, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton,  or 717-236-7486 Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education this morning named Clarion University of Pennsylvania President Karen M. Whitney its interim...
With NCHEMS full report in hand, APSCUF ready for positive dialogue
July 24, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Kathryn Morton,  or 717-236-7486 The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems last week posted its full report of its study of Pennsylvania's State System of Higher...