Position Statements
Student debt cancelation
APSCUF’s April 2022 legislative assembly approved the following statement about student debt: We, the Association of Pennsylvania State College and Universities Faculties (APSCUF), call on President Joe Biden to cancel all federally held student loan debt. Student...
Faculty concerns about working during the COVID-19 pandemic
APSCUF’s July 2020 special legislative assembly approved the following resolution about faculty concerns about working during the COVID-19 pandemic. WHEREAS the COVID-19 pandemic has had, and continues to have, profound, unprecedented and unpredictable public health...
Black Lives Matter
The Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties has released the following statement through its executive council: On May 25, 2020, a convenience-store employee called 911 to report a man who had bought cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill....
Psychological services
APSCUF’s February 2020 legislative assembly approved the following resolution about psychological services. Whereas the first responsibility of educators and universities is the well-being of students; Whereas facilities for psychological services across the State...
Article 3 Advocate Programs
APSCUF’s September 2019 legislative assembly approved the following resolution about Article 3 Advocate Programs. Whereas Article 3 of the collective bargaining agreement states: “Neither party hereto nor any FACULTY MEMBER shall discriminate against any other FACULTY...
Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action
APSCUF’s September 2019 legislative assembly approved the following resolution about Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action. Whereas the APSCUF Statewide Social Justice Committee formally endorsed the National Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action in 2018;...
Open education resources
APSCUF’s February 2019 legislative assembly approved the following resolution to consider open-source course materials and promote awareness of open-source materials. Whereas the increase in textbook costs has far outpaced normal inflation, adding a...
Shared governance
APSCUF’s September 2018 legislative assembly approved the following statement about shared governance. Whereas faculty participation in important decisions for both individual State System universities and the State System as a whole is a core value of APSCUF; Whereas...
Regulation of firearms on campus
APSCUF’s September 2018 legislative assembly approved the following statement about the regulation of firearms on campus. Whereas, the universities comprising Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education are a vital and foundational element of our Commonwealth’s...
Chincoteague Bay Field Station
Students work at Chincoteague Bay Field Station, an environmental education center and field station in Virginia. Learn more about it at CBfieldstation.org. Photo/Submitted APSCUF’s September 2018 legislative assembly approved the following statement...