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What Does a Socially-Just University Look Like? (Part 1)

  Mar 2, 2015     4510 Views     Comments Off on What Does a Socially-Just University Look Like? (Part 1)  

In honor of National Adjunct Walkout Day, a coalition of faculty, staff, and student organizations held a community dialogue about the learning and working conditions at OSU and the ways in which we can all work together to ensure that OSU embodies the values of social justice. Part 1 features background by Joseph Orosco and Kathleen Stanley. Sponsored by: OSU-American Association of University Professors, Allied Students for Another Politics!, Coalition of Graduate Employees, @Service Employees International Union, MEChA, Anarres Project for Alternative Futures, Intercultural Student Services/Student Leadership Involvement.

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AAUP-Oregon at Legislature

  Mar 2, 2015     2486 Views     Comments Off on AAUP-Oregon at Legislature  

Oregon President José Padín testified Tuesday February 17th in front of the Senate Education Committee in Salem, strongly supporting Senate Bill 113 which mandates reporting of employee classifications and average salaries in Oregon public universities and community colleges. Padín told the senators that “we believe the Oregon public has a right to know how much of their tax dollar, and Oregon students and families have a right to know how much of their tuition dollar, is spent on education–and how much is being spent on growing ranks of administrators with extraordinary…

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