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United Academics at UO: Exciting and Challenging Times Ahead

by Michael Dreiling, President Welcome back for Winter Term 2017.  We have exciting and challenging times ahead. At the state level, critical budget decisions impacting Oregon higher education will take place in Salem in the months ahead. Our local, along with our friends across the state, ask that you keep abreast of updates and calls for action. On January 19, Marcus Swift from the American Federation of Teachers-Oregon will be giving an overview of the upcoming legislative session, with a special focus on what Salem has in store for higher education. Swift will be presenting in the Lease Crutcher Room…

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PSU-AAUP: Welcoming 2017

by José Padin, President Arctic weather visited a foot of snow and ice upon us and the start of classes at PSU has been interrupted for the best part of a week. Happy New Year and best of luck to all of us now scrambling to fit a short ten-week quarter into nine! Some highlights for PSU-AAUP, as we start the year:   University Budgets As we enter a new Oregon legislative session, PSU-AAUP (via our participation in AAUP-Oregon) has joined University Presidents, and a higher education coalition of unions, in a united request for a fair and necessary legislative…

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