Our organization represents the faculty and coaches who have devoted themselves to providing quality higher education for Pennsylvania students. We invite legislators, students, parents, alumni, members, and the media to learn more about our organization and what we stand for.
Members Only
Register for access to benefits information and other membership material throughout the site.
register now • log in • forgot password
Latest from the blog
Post-LA
Composed 25,000 feet over someplace mountainous & snowy, I suspect -- no hope -- that in the next couple days you will hear from the media several times about the "event" I am returning from in Los Angeles (Monday's story). The meeting & its results...
Blog from L.A.
Los Angeles -- (date & time unclear) I am in L.A. at the invitation of the California Faculty Association (CFA) -- the meeting was referred to in Friday's Inside Higher Ed article . There are somewhere between 65-70 attendees from 21 states. Last night's...
Temporary faculty pay — IHE article
Today Inside Higher Ed ran a piece on temporary pay in PA (http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/01/20/study_documents_pay_gap_faced_by_adjuncts). The base study was conducted by the Keystone Research Center. APSCUF & PASSHE are not named, though our numbers are...
Three PASSHE Universities Make Nationwide Value List; Four PASSHE Grads Receive Appointments from Governor Corbett
Three PASSHE universities make list for 100 best values in public colleges nationwide West Chester, Bloomsburg, and Millersville universities are among the 100 best values in public colleges nationwide, according to a report released January 4. The annual list by...
Some Resolve, Please?
Perhaps you missed it over the break, but Penn State's President Graham Spanier authored an Op-Ed piece in the Patriot News, "New Year's Resolution: Keep PA Universities Strong." I have never been envious of my graduate school alma mater, until now. I assure you that...
Season’s Greetings
Regardless of your cultural background, we at State APSCUF wish you and your loved ones a happy holiday and/or a relaxing break, and a Happy New Year. Our thoughts remain always with our colleagues who face retrenchment and with all our fellow citizens who face...
Are we like car companies?
APSCUF members may wonder about the comparison of the title. This idea is not new, to me or to higher education in general. In his Oct. 17 piece for The Chronicle Review (Lazerson), Marvin Lazerson connects the automatic industry, owning a house, and higher...
The Great Stalin Plan for the Transformation of PASSHE
Editor’s Note: In 1948 the USSR announced a centralized plan to alter the environment. Like most of the Soviet Union’s grandiose plans, it ultimately failed. Perhaps you’ve seen the Chancellor’s latest on “PASSHE Transformation?” It’s amazing how a document so...