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AAUP Oregon Legislative Wins in the 2024 Short Session

Oregon’s annual legislative sessions alternate between “long” and “short” sessions.  The 2024 short session was intense, with a greater number of bills relating to higher education than any short session in recent memory. Our legislative committee reviewed and tracked dozens of bills, and you can see the testimony our union submitted here. Our legislative efforts are strongest when you and your colleagues are involved, so if you need support with submitting your own testimony next legislative session, you can reach out to me here. Thanks to our work in collaboration with our allies at AFT Oregon, the Oregon Education Association,…

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Join In! Teach-in for Legislative Action

Saturday, June 1 10 am to noon Email us for the registration link Whether you’re a long-time member of the academy or a relative newcomer, you can’t help but have noticed Oregon’s lack of funding for higher education. Stagnating wages. Decreasing departmental resources. Departing colleagues due to budget cuts or better private-sector opportunities. These are all too common symptoms. Administrators often over-rely on austerity measures to control staff and faculty costs while allowing their own ranks to bloat. The result is that we can no longer maintain a diverse offering of academic programs, support essential student services, or foster the…

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