by apscuftest | Aug 6, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
I am just back from a week in California, ostensibly to attend AAUP’s annual Summer Institute. While in California, one can’t help but hearing about the shifts going on in higher ed there (especially with rooms full of California faculty), and begin to see...
by apscuftest | Aug 5, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate ended its filibuster on FMAP, and Speaker Pelosi quickly announced that she would be calling the House back into session to vote on the legislation. The legislation gives $16 billion to the states to support Medicaid, and it also...
by apscuftest | Jul 27, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
What is Guiding Higher Education in Pennsylvania? During the past year the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) ordered universities in the state system to complete a review of department programs with lower numbers of majors in order to justify...
by apscuftest | Jul 23, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
Yesterday’s Board of Governor’s Meeting ended with a farcical flourish. The Board passed a resolution, complete with certificate, and standing ovations to honor Dr. Tony Atwater’s contributions to IUP. Dr. Atwater, lest anyone forget,...
by apscuftest | Jul 22, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
This is the 3rd July meeting for which I’ve been state APSCUF president. I’ve spoken the last two Julys about tuition; you won’t be surprised today that I’m speaking about it again. In fact, since you probably read all my messages to faculty, you probably know what...
by apscuftest | Jul 22, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
Some fifty years ago, the great professor and teacher Leo Strauss of the University of Chicago said that a, “Liberal [arts] education . . . is a training in the highest form of modesty, not to say of humility.” It is with humility, that I say on behalf of my...
by apscuftest | Jul 22, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
The only item on Monday’s Meet and Discuss Agenda at IUP was “Budget Concerns for FY 10-11 and 11-12.” When Susan Drummond, IUP-APSCUF President, received the request for a meeting from IUP Vice President of Human Resources Helen Kennedy, Drummond specifically asked...
by apscuftest | Jul 20, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
Last Friday afternoon, Penn State announced its fall 2010 tuition increase numbers. According to their press release, they are increasing tuition by approximately $800 per year (5.9% for tiered freshmen and sophomores). In other words, the Penn State trustees have...
by apscuftest | Jul 8, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
http://www.ncsl.org/documents/fiscal/HigherEdFundingFINAL.pdf In its report the NCSL examines the financial plight of public colleges and universities across the nation. Particularly telling is the NCSL’s analysis of how the states would be faring without...
by apscuftest | Jul 7, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
I have been fortunate in the last dozen years to visit London frequently. One of the funny and interesting and characteristic parts of the “London experience” is riding the subway, the “Tube,” where you see polyglot denizens and amazing fashion...
