by Chris Reese | Jul 25, 2011 | News, Uncategorized
It’s been several months since the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education held its kickoff news conference at the National Press Club, and some of you may have been wondering what’s been going on since then. As one of the coalition’s founding members, Steve has...
by Chris Reese | Jul 22, 2011 | News, Uncategorized
Today’s blog comes from Rachel Gustafson, APSCUF’s summer intern. She is a senior communications student at Edinboro University. We hope you enjoy her story. For more student perspectives, please visit the APSCUF student testimonials page. If you have your own...
by Chris Reese | Jul 20, 2011 | News, Uncategorized
Last Friday the Penn State Board of Trustees announced a tuition increase that one student considered modest given “the difficult circumstances that the university was in.” That increase — $712 for University Park freshmen and sophomores —...
by Chris Reese | Jul 18, 2011 | News, Uncategorized
Many faculty members and coaches have contacted APSCUF with questions about how contract negotiations are proceeding and how the current situation could impact APSCUF members. Today’s blog update is from Mary Rita Duvall-Quinn, head of APSCUF’s contract department,...
by Chris Reese | Jul 12, 2011 | News, Uncategorized
In last week’s Pittsburgh Business Times, Chancellor John Cavanaugh wrote about how the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and our universities will move on despite “losing” more than $90 million of its state appropriation. While...
by Chris Reese | Jul 6, 2011 | News, Uncategorized
As most of you now know, Gov. Tom Corbett signed the 2011-12 state budget on June 30, less than an hour before the deadline. The final version of the budget cut funding for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) by 18 percent – an improvement from...
by Chris Reese | Jul 2, 2011 | News, Uncategorized
“Word” had it that Temple’s board had determined tuition and was waiting for the Governor to sign the budget to announce it. Late Thursday night the Governor signed the budget into law; yesterday Temple announced their tuition (surprise!). 10%!...
by Chris Reese | Jun 30, 2011 | News, Uncategorized
Here are copies of Steve and Ken’s remarks today to the PASSHE Board of Governors. This quarterly meeting (usually in July) is the one where the Board sets the next academic year’s tuition. Steve Thank you, Mr Chair, for this opportunity to speak and...
by Kathryn Morton | Jun 24, 2011 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 24, 2011 For further information contact Kevin Kodish at 800-932-0587, ext. 3020 HARRISBURG – The president of the association representing 6,000 faculty members and coaches at Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities today expressed...
by Chris Reese | Jun 9, 2011 | News, Uncategorized
This week (June 8-11) is the annual AAUP Conference on the State of Higher Education in Washington, D.C. When we began to talk about what is now the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education (CFHE), several of us discussed ways to get the word out about what was...
