by ephyra | Oct 18, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Last week, Bill Schackner, a reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, wrote the first article in a two part series, entitled, “The Other College Debt: Upgrades put Pennsylvania schools in a bind,” which takes a serious look at State System universities and their...
by ephyra | Oct 15, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Today, October 15, 2012, was the deadline for the State System to accept APSCUF’s offer of binding interest arbitration. The Chancellor responded this afternoon; he not only refused the offer, but he went on to state that PASSHE fully endorses its current proposal....
by Kathryn Morton | Oct 12, 2012 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 12, 2012 For more information Contact: Lauren Gutshall 717-236-7486 x3014 APSCUF FACULTY CALL ON CHANCELLOR TO SETTLE A FAIR CONTRACT Faculty members demonstrate at meeting of the State System Board of Governors HARRISBURG – Today one...
by ephyra | Oct 5, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
APSCUF’s negotiators met with the Chancellor’s team today, October 5, 2012, at the APSCUF offices in Harrisburg. As agreed to previously, APSCUF presented data in support of the association’s proposals. Near the close of the session, the Chancellor’s team...
by ephyra | Oct 3, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Chancellor John Cavanaugh sits on the Governor’s Commission for Post-Secondary Education. He testifies annually in front of both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees about the State System’s budget request. He is the leader of State System and should be its...
by apscuftest | Sep 26, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Yesterday, I sent a letter (via email and paper) to Chancellor Cavanaugh offering binding interest arbitration to settle the outstanding issues in faculty negotiations after the currently scheduled sessions end in November. It set a deadline for acceptance of October...
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...
