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 29, 2011 | News, Uncategorized
Here’s an important volley in the efforts of faculty to be heard, coming out of the LA meeting last weekend — http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-meisenhelder/higher-education-at-the-c_b_814569.html? — As I understand, the way Huffington works, the...
by apscuftest | Jan 25, 2011 | News, Uncategorized
Composed 25,000 feet over someplace mountainous & snowy, I suspect — no hope — that in the next couple days you will hear from the media several times about the “event” I am returning from in Los Angeles (Monday’s story). The...
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 20, 2011 | News, Uncategorized
Today Inside Higher Ed ran a piece on temporary pay in PA (http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/01/20/study_documents_pay_gap_faced_by_adjuncts). The base study was conducted by the Keystone Research Center. APSCUF & PASSHE are not named, though our numbers are...
by apscuftest | Jan 11, 2011 | News, Uncategorized
Three PASSHE universities make list for 100 best values in public colleges nationwide West Chester, Bloomsburg, and Millersville universities are among the 100 best values in public colleges nationwide, according to a report released January 4. The annual list by...