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The PASSHE Prevarication

Who exactly is responsible for retrenchment?  Is it the state government, whose officials have not adequately funded the state system?  Is it PASSHE’s Board of Governors who refuse to raise tuition despite evidence that tuition is needed to keep...

Retrenchment in the Trenches

I’d love to write some bits of political analysis on what’s going to happen with the State House races, but that can wait till another day. Now, retrenchment sits heavy.  First, the last two days Ken and I have been in membership meetings at Mansfield...

Senseless Retrenchment

The official APSCUF press release, full of quotes, etc, is just out about the latest on retrenchment: six people in three departments at Kutztown have received formal letters terminating their service with the university as of May 2011.  HR departments across the...

Business Models Just Don’t Fit, Part I

Whether it is implementing performance indicators or fancy new dorms meant to appeal to students, our Universities and the PASSHE system (echoing the culture) seem enamored with business models.  Are business models appropriate for public higher education? ...