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Burns me up…
Yesterday’s edition of Inside Higher Ed brought a story out of Pennsylvania that is both disheartening and a bit embarrassing. It seems that the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) has announced that it will reduce the teaching load of 200 adjunct faculty –...
Governor’s commission releases recommendations for postsecondary education
On November 13, the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Postsecondary Education approved and released its final report and recommendations to create a multi-year framework for higher education in the Commonwealth. APSCUF commends the Commission on many of the 19...
Our side of the story
On Friday, PASSHE put out this statement about negotiations. Then they sent it to EVERYONE on campus Monday morning, which so happens to be the first day APSCUF was holding a strike authorization vote. It is clearly mere coincidence that they chose that timing to put...
PASSHE’s new concessionary proposal won’t stop strike authorization vote
APSCUF negotiators met with the Chancellor’s representatives today, Friday, November 9, 2012, at the Dixon Center in Harrisburg. With the strike authorization vote looming, PASSHE presented APSCUF with a new concessionary comprehensive proposal. The new...
Divide and conquer
By Catherine Whitley (EUP English & Theatre Arts) Sun Tzu (ca. 500 B.C.), Philip II of Macedonia (382-336 B.C.), and Julius Caesar (102-44 B.C.) are each credited with the first articulation of this very effective strategy: divide your enemies into smaller...
No movement on key negotiations issues
APSCUF’s faculty negotiations team met with the Chancellor’s representatives today, November 2, 2012, at the Dixon Center in Harrisburg. Early in the meeting the two sides finalized language on two items that had been discussed at sessions weeks before:...
No progress made at negotiations table
APSCUF and PASSHE negotiators met today, October 22, at the Dixon Center in Harrisburg. The Chancellor’s representatives presented data they believed would support their proposals; however APSCUF negotiators pointed out flaws in their presentation including a...
APSCUF Responds to the Chancellor
On Wednesday, the Chancellor publicly released the letter he sent on Monday refusing APSCUF's offer of binding arbitration. It is clear from the letter that the Chancellor and his team do not believe that the State System's faculty and coaches are entitled to the same...