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Corbett announces flat funding of state universities; plan to tie additional funding to performance
By Doug Brown, Public Policy Researcher Today surrounded by leaders from the State System of Higher Education, including Board Chairman Guido Pichini, leaders of the state-related universities, members of the Advisory Commission on Postsecondary Education, and House...
Campaign for the Future of Higher Education supports APSCUF’s fight for a fair contract
Today, the steering committee of the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education (CFHE), which represents hundreds of thousands of faculty across the country, approved the following resolution of support for APSCUF. The campaign is composed only of groups who have...
RE-POST: PASSHE’s Healthcare Distortions
The Chancellor’s representatives repeatedly make specious claims about the System’s contributions to faculty health care. As a public academic institution, PASSHE ought to be more careful about spreading misleading information to our students and the public. Perhaps...
Faculty Rally for Fair Contract at Dixon University Center
This morning, hundreds of APSCUF faculty convened at the Dixon University Center in Harrisburg to rally for the settlement of a fair contract. Buses brought faculty from across the state for a protest that was held before and during the PASSHE Board of Governors...
APSCUF and PASSHE fail to reach agreement at latest negotiations session
APSCUF and PASSHE negotiators met January 16 for approximately six hours. The parties exchanged proposals involving distance education and both active and retiree health care, but did not reach any agreements. There were also substantive discussions...
PASSHE-union contract talks: The faculty’s view
The following is a Letter to the Editor from APSCUF Vice President, Ken Mash, which ran in the Pocono Record on January 13, 2013. Why does the prospect of a strike loom at East Stroudsburg University and the 13 other state-owned universities? It's really quite simple:...
Negotiators make progress; still divided on significant issues
APSCUF and PASSHE negotiators met on Friday, January 11. The parties reached several tentative agreements affecting compensation. Other discussion centered on distance education, curriculum committees, and class size. Although there has been...
Progress made during latest negotiations session; health care remains an issue
APSCUF and PASSHE negotiators met for six hours on Friday, January 4, 2013. The meeting was marked by several long breaks as the APSCUF team waited for the Chancellor's representatives to present counter proposals. There was some important progress;...