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Support Wisconsin faculty – wear red & white Thursday
Governor Scott Walker and the Wisconsin legislature are attempting to strip public unions, including University of Wisconsin faculty, of their collective bargaining rights. The University of Wisconsin faculty won the right to unionize as recently as 2009....
XChange virtual solidarity in support of Wisconsin workers (via APSCUF-KU xchange)
KU's APSCUF-KU xhcange's call for solidarity with our colleagues in Wisconsin: What can one little blog do in the face of a direct assault upon working people in Wisconsin and around the country? That's a good question and the question posed by this post. Ideally,...
On Wisconsin?
The "mail" the last three days has been full with references to Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin's attempts to disempower the public sector unions in his state (Nation or Washington Post). As the Post points out, he has done so with threats of military force...
An Update on PASSHE Performance Spending
The Executive Committee briefed the Board of Governors on the status of performance spending within PASSHE at their quarterly meeting at PASSHE headquarters in Harrisburg on January 19th. A new framework was developed in conjunction with representatives of PASSHE...
New Jersey Higher Ed: A Cautionary Tale
It has become a media truism that Pennsyvlania's new governor sees New Jersey Governor Chris Christie as a role model. That makes Gov. Christie's reaction, and Gov. Corbett's after that, to the Higher Ed Task Force report released the first week of January very...
Of Shared Governance, Transparency, and Difficult Financial Times
These are difficult financial times, and this has escaped no one's notice. Faculty have been hearing this mantra repeatedly on their campuses, local APSCUF leadership is completely aware of this fact, and so is the leadership at State APSCUF. Every...
Board of Governors Adopts New Graduate Tuition Policies
The Governors of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) adopted new policies at their quarterly meeting on January 19th. The meeting was conducted at PASSHE headquarters in Harrisburg. The finance, administration, and facilities committee proposed...
Quality Higher Ed from the Faculty View
Here's an important volley in the efforts of faculty to be heard, coming out of the LA meeting last weekend -- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-meisenhelder/higher-education-at-the-c_b_814569.html? -- As I understand, the way Huffington works, the more people who...