by ephyra | Dec 3, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
Today the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF) released a report indicating that the State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) has been allowing the fourteen state-owned universities to mismanage their budgets by hiding debt in...
by ephyra | Oct 25, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
Yesterday at Edinboro University, students rallied in solidarity with faculty members facing retrenchment. Students waited outside of President Julie Wollman’s office and requested real answers on the future of their education. They pointed out that classes are...
by Chris Reese | Nov 9, 2011 | News, Uncategorized
Many of you know that Oct. 30 was a deadline for administrators to inform us of any planned faculty retrenchments at our 14 universities. I’m sure many of you would like to know what is happening across the State System as that deadline has come and gone. When we...
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 | Nov 9, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
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...