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...
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...
by apscuftest | Nov 2, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
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...
by apscuftest | Oct 22, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
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...
