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Mansfield University’s mission is to provide a well-rounded education
By Dr. Rob Clark, Mansfield University professor and MU-APSCUF vice president On Friday, November 8, Mansfield University faculty and students rallied for quality higher education. Dr. Clark gave the following speech at the rally. Mansfield University is a...
Retrenchment is nothing more than “Lord of the Flies”
By Jamie Reese, News Editor of the Stroud Courier and student at East Stroudsburg University East Stroudsburg University’s Theatre Department recently presented “Lord of the Flies,” an adaptation of William Golding’s famous novel about a group of boys who are stranded...
APSCUF Resolution on Temporary Faculty and the Affordable Care Act
Last month during APSCUF’s Legislative Assembly meeting, the delegates passed a resolution calling on the State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) to commit to not cutting temporary faculty hours in order to avoid requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable...
Retrenchment Day 2013: A day that will go down in PASSHE infamy
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, hundreds...
Campus Equity Week: Attitudes Matter
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 books and...
Campus Equity Week 2013: Stand Up. Speak Out. Organize.
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...
Media Roundup: Students at Edinboro University rally for answers about faculty layoffs
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...
Faculty and students call on legislature to restore funding to the State System of Higher Education
“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...