by apscuftest | Jan 31, 2011 | News, Uncategorized
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...
by apscuftest | Jan 23, 2011 | News, Uncategorized
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....
by apscuftest | Jan 7, 2011 | News, Uncategorized
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...
by apscuftest | Dec 15, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
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...
by apscuftest | Dec 3, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
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...
