by Kathryn Morton | Sep 25, 2012 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 25, 2012 For more information Contact: Lauren Gutshall 717-236-7486 x3014 APSCUF OFFERS BINDING INTEREST ARBITRATION TO HELP SETTLE CONTRACT WITH STATE SYSTEM Harrisburg – Today the Association of Pennsylvania State College and...
by ephyra | Sep 15, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
APSCUF and PASSHE negotiators met Friday, September 14, at the Dixon Center in Harrisburg. The Chancellor’s team passed a proposal on retrenchment language and made suggestions for future bargaining sessions. APSCUF caucused and responded to their proposal...
by ephyra | Sep 5, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Negotiations between APSCUF and the Chancellor’s team have been canceled for Friday, September 7. The Chancellor’s chief negotiator indicated that the PASSHE team would not modify its position even after APSCUF submitted a proposal that would...
by ephyra | Sep 1, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
APSCUF and PASSHE negotiators met today, Friday, August 31 at the APSCUF office in Harrisburg, as requested by the Chancellor’s team. At last week’s session APSCUF’s team presented a proposal that would have saved the System between...
by ephyra | Aug 31, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Yesterday, I had the honor of being invited to the White House, along with a roomful of others from Pennsylvania, to talk about education policy. We heard from two assistants to the President on education policy (Lexi Barrett and Roberto Rodriguez) and two...
by ephyra | Aug 29, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
On Tuesday at its national convention, the Republican party adopted its official platform for higher education. The platform calls for a return to “basics” with a focus on programs that are directly tied to employment opportunities. The platform states that expanding...
by apscuftest | Aug 27, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Since last week’s Inside Higher Ed article, there have been many questions raised about APSCUF’s knowledge and position on CAEL (Council for Adult and Experiential Learning; sounds like a green vegetable no one wants to eat). Hopefully, this posting will...
by apscuftest | Aug 24, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
The APSCUF and PASSHE negotiations teams met today, Thursday, August 23, at the Dixon Center in Harrisburg. Modest progress was made as PASSHE presented a wage proposal that was closer to the AFSCME pattern and APSCUF offered a health care proposal. However, the two...
by apscuftest | Aug 19, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Harrisburg, Pa — APSCUF Vice President Ken Mash testified at a House State Government Committee hearing on Wednesday, August 15, against four pieces of legislation that would eliminate faculty sabbaticals, end tuition waivers for relatives of employees at PASSHE...
by ephyra | Aug 13, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Today Inside Higher Ed released a report on Paul Ryan’s views on higher education. Ryan, if you haven’t heard, was picked Saturday by Mitt Romney to be his vice presidential candidate. The takeway from the article: Ryan is in favor of bringing back...
