by Chris Reese | Nov 21, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
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 –...
by ephyra | Nov 16, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
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...
by Kathryn Morton | Nov 15, 2012 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 15, 2012 For more information Contact: Lauren Gutshall 717-236-7486 x3014 APSCUF FACULTY APPROVE STRIKE AUTHORIZATION Vote empowers association leadership to call a strike Harrisburg – Today, faculty members at the 14 state-owned...
by ephyra | Nov 14, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
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...
by ephyra | Nov 9, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
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...
by ephyra | Nov 5, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
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...
by ephyra | Nov 2, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
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:...
by ephyra | Oct 22, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
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...
by Kathryn Morton | Oct 20, 2012 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 20, 2012 For more information Contact: Lauren Gutshall 717-236-7486 x3014 APSCUF Leadership Unanimously Approves Strike Authorization Strike authorization vote now goes before full membership State College – Today, the leadership of the...
by ephyra | Oct 18, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
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...
