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President’s Column: 2016-17: A Critical Crossroads

by José A. Padín, President, AAUP-OR   Oregon’s higher education is at a critical crossroads — several, in fact.   As faculty and academic professionals we will be “stepping up our game” to make sure our students, our universities, and the integrity of higher learning and academic work survive some very formidable challenges.   The state of Oregon is facing a looming budget crisis that threatens to take away all of the recent recovery from recession-era setbacks, and then some. Without new revenue, we might face $50 million in cutbacks at Oregon’s public universities, as well as similar cuts across…

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United Academics: welcome, politics, and building names

by Michael Dreiling, President, United Academics at UO Welcome to a new academic year! For United Academics members (and family), join us this Thursday for our General Membership Meeting, September 29 from 5-7 in Gerlinger Lounge. First dinner and then a kickoff to our union’s work for the year. Nearly 40 new faculty join the UO campus this term. If you are a new faculty member reading this, please check out our Faculty Success program events here, and note that the First Year Faculty Development program, offered in conjunction with UO’s Academic Affairs, begins on October 21, noon-1:30 in Gerlinger…

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