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Threats to Faculty Positions (and Tenure) at Linfield College

by Sharon Bailey Glasco, President Linfield AAUP, and Amy J. Orr, Vice President, Linfield AAUP On Saturday, December 8, 2018, faculty members at Linfield College received an email message from the chair of our Faculty Executive Council (FEC). It summarized a discussion that took place the previous day between three members of the FEC, the dean of faculty, the president, the provost, the VP of finance and administration, and college legal counsel. The key points of the message were as follows: As of December, we have a remaining projected budget deficit of approximately $3 million for 2019-2020. To help to…

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President’s Column: Winter Welcome

by Michael Dreiling, President, AAUP-Oregon Dear AAUP members across Oregon: I hope your academic term is off to a fine start. As you know, a full legislative session has begun in Salem. A lot is on the table, and we hope you will watch our updates in the coming months. Big ticket items will involve desperately needed revenue reform for our state. Governor Brown recognizes this and our continued inability to square our student needs with state resources. As she said in her January 14 inauguration speech: “Now is the time to put our state on a better path forward… We…

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