by Kathryn Morton | Feb 15, 2018 | Position Statements
APSCUF’s February 2018 legislative assembly approved the following statement about the threat of targeted harassment of faculty members: Whereas, new efforts by private groups to monitor the conduct of faculty members pose a real threat to academic freedom; Whereas,...
by Kathryn Morton | Feb 12, 2018 | Position Statements
APSCUF’s February 2018 legislative assembly approved the following statement on the use of program review as a justification for retrenchment: Periodic program review is a best practice in American higher education that involves stakeholders in the continuous...
by Kathryn Morton | Feb 6, 2018 | News
Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed 2018–19 budget includes an appreciated $15 million increase for Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education. After the governor’s budget address today, APSCUF spent the afternoon in the Capitol interviewing both...
by Kathryn Morton | Feb 1, 2018 | News
Dr. John Mansfield had been Mansfield University’s APSCUF chapter president since 2014. Photo/GK Visual APSCUF continues to mourn last week’s passing of a great APSCUF leader, Dr. John Mansfield, associate professor of social work and APSCUF chapter president at...
by Kathryn Morton | Jan 30, 2018 | News
Today we welcome Beth Connelly, left, State APSCUF’s new director of finance and facilities. She will spend the next few weeks learning her duties from Deb Myers, right, who at the end of February will retire from APSCUF after 20 years.
by Kathryn Morton | Jan 25, 2018 | News
From left: Cynthia Shapira, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education board chair; Interim Chancellor Karen Whitney; and APSCUF President Dr. Kenneth M. Mash sign APSCUF’s one-year faculty contract after the Jan. 25 Board of Governors meeting. Photo/Kathryn...
by Kathryn Morton | Jan 25, 2018 | News
APSCUF President Dr. Kenneth M. Mash’s comments as prepared: Chairwoman Shapira, governors, Chancellor Whitney, presidents, and guests, This morning, we at APSCUF are still reeling from the news that in the early morning hours last Tuesday, Dr. John Mansfield passed...
by Kathryn Morton | Jan 23, 2018 | News
APSCUF President Dr. Kenneth M. Mash today pledged that APSCUF will do whatever it can to fulfill The Pennsylvania Promise, an affordable-tuition plan unveiled today at a press conference in the Capitol. “We must make a difference, and we must provide...
by Kathryn Morton | Jan 23, 2018 | News
Dr. John Mansfield addresses Mansfield University APSCUF members at a chapter meeting in April 2016. Photo/Kathryn Morton Today we are all mourning the passing this morning of a great APSCUF leader, Dr. John Mansfield, associate professor of social work and APSCUF...
by Kathryn Morton | Jan 8, 2018 | News
APSCUF President Dr. Kenneth M. Mash encouraged the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors this morning to involve faculty and coaches in its system redesign and the search for a new chancellor. Watch his full comments on...
