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A Belated Welcome and a Look Forward

  Oct 27, 2021     7990 Views     Comments Off on A Belated Welcome and a Look Forward  

Welcome, AAUP-Oregon members to the 2021-2022 academic year! We know you are already hard at it and fully committed to this academic year. We should reflect on what we have accomplished together this past year as union siblings.  You taught, researched, and served through a world-historic pandemic that changed and challenged you month by month. You took care of your friends and families and served your communities.  There was loss, lots of loss, in places, shapes, and forms we couldn’t even have imagined. And growth too, in places, shapes, and forms we couldn’t have imagined. On campus, you found and…

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New Deal for Higher Education Legislative Outreach

  May 14, 2021     8806 Views     Comments Off on New Deal for Higher Education Legislative Outreach  

AAUP Oregon Members, Even as semesters and terms wind down and we slowly move toward the end of the Academic Year here in Oregon, we at AAUP Oregon keep fighting for our principles. Today, I’m writing to you about an excellent opportunity to do just that! There has been significant movement at the federal level on free college, one of the core parts of AAUP’s push for a New Deal for Higher Education. Out of all the legislation on the table, it’s clear that Sen. Sanders’ College for All bill does the most. What can you and your colleagues do…

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