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AAUP-Oregon News May 2016

  May 18, 2016     2583 Views     Comments Off on AAUP-Oregon News May 2016  

In this Issue: President's Column by José Padín Annual meeting report by Margaret Butler In the News: Treatment of adjuncts spurs protests at PNCA Faculty Union and Student Protests fight for Tenure at Rutgers Chapter Reports: Oregon State University-AAUP by Tony Vogt Portland State University-AAUP by José Padin, Kellie Gallagher, David Hansen, Amanda Byron United Academics at University of Oregon by Michael Dreiling

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President’s Column: Faculty, Academic Professionals, and Students Moving United Towards a New Shared Vision

  May 18, 2016     1607 Views     Comments Off on President’s Column: Faculty, Academic Professionals, and Students Moving United Towards a New Shared Vision  

  by José Padín, President, AAUP-Oregon   University budgets that reflect the values we profess as educators.   Universities, administrations, and Boards of Trustees accountable to the values on which public higher education is founded, and to its stakeholders — students, citizens, faculty, and professional student support staff.   A statewide concerted movement of faculty, staff, and students for racial justice at our universities — not diversity public relations, but justice.   These three priorities, and rich ideas for steps to achieve them, were handed to the elected leadership of our Oregon AAUP by members — volunteer member-leaders, faculty and…

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