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President’s Column: 2017-2020– Why Students and the Academic Class will Organize

  Jan 18, 2017     1836 Views     Comments Off on President’s Column: 2017-2020– Why Students and the Academic Class will Organize  

by José Padín, President   Why will university students, their families, faculty, academic professionals, classified campus employees, university administrators, and all who care about higher education organize in unprecedented ways this year, and the next, and the next two?   President-elect Trump is shaping an administration guided by an attitude of scorn and greed towards education, health, and the social compact of citizenship in general. We are preparing for four years of a radical agenda of “profits over people.”   Education, in a democracy, is a fundamental universal right. Which means it has to be a guaranteed right, a social…

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Happy New Year! AAUP-Oregon News Round-Up

  Jan 18, 2017     1735 Views     Comments Off on Happy New Year! AAUP-Oregon News Round-Up  

by Margaret Butler, Executive Director New Pacific U chapter In December 2016 the faculty at Pacific University formed an AAUP advocacy chapter with help from AAUP-Oregon organizer Kevin Dugan and VP for Membership and Organizing Jacqueline Arante. They have signed up more than 10 members and elected their first officers. They are already organizing around issues at Pacific. Stay tuned for more soon!   Labor March for a United Front Feeds into Women’s March Saturday January 21st The AAUP-Oregon Executive Committee has voted to participate in a rally and march for a united front against the Trump agenda. We join…

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