by apscuftest | Dec 24, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
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...
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...
by apscuftest | Nov 30, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
[Ed’s note: we’d blog about retrenchment, but as it’s Nov. 30th, the day before one of the deadlines for retrenchment letters to go to faculty as defined by the CBA, we thought we’d wait and see what tomorrow brings…fingers crossed. ...
by apscuftest | Nov 24, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
In keeping with the season, we thought we’d do our own little Thanksgiving list: We’re thankful for the staff at APSCUF. We’re thankful we aren’t public university faculty in New Jersey, where we’d have to figure out which 7 days we weren’t working & not getting...