by ephyra | Dec 3, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
Today the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF) released a report indicating that the State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) has been allowing the fourteen state-owned universities to mismanage their budgets by hiding debt in...
by ephyra | Nov 12, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
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...
by ephyra | Nov 6, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
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...
by ephyra | Oct 31, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
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...
by ephyra | Oct 30, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
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,...
by ephyra | Oct 29, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
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...
by ephyra | Oct 28, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
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...
by ephyra | Oct 25, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
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...
by ephyra | Oct 17, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
“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...
by ephyra | Oct 14, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
By Dr. Ken Mash, APSCUF Vice President Over the last several years, administrative leaders have implied that universities ought to emulate businesses and prioritize efficiency. In recent weeks this argument reached a high point when at one of our universities...
