by ephyra | Feb 4, 2014 | News, Uncategorized
Today’s budget address from Governor Corbett was neither a surprise nor very helpful. If you didn’t hear, the Governor announced another year at the same level of funding ($412 million) as the past two years — the amount PASSHE has been held to...
by ephyra | Jan 29, 2014 | News, Uncategorized
By Amy Majani, APSCUF intern On Tuesday, January 28, throngs of union members from around the state stood together at the Capitol building to oppose House Bill 1507 and Senate Bill 1034, which would make the payroll deduction of union dues, fair share fees, and...
by ephyra | Jan 23, 2014 | News, Uncategorized
At the January 23rd State System Board of Governors meeting, APSCUF president Steve Hicks addressed the board with the following comments about student recruitment concerns. I want to speak to you about a common concern: student recruitment. Let me start with a...
by ephyra | Jan 9, 2014 | News, Uncategorized
During the PASSHE webcast on its proposed weapons policy, APSCUF president, Dr. Steve Hicks, and vice president, Dr. Ken Mash, offered brief remarks expressing concerns about the draft policy. Dr. Lisa Millhous, APSCUF’s chapter president at West Chester...
by ephyra | Jan 9, 2014 | News, Uncategorized
PASSHE will host a webcast on its proposed weapons policy this Thursday, January 9, at 10:00am. APSCUF president, Steve Hicks, will offer comments opposing the policy. Last May APSCUF’s Executive Council adopted a formal statement on the policy, which reads:...
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,...
