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October Update: United Academics of Oregon State University

We have had a busy few months of learning, organizing, and socializing together with our colleagues. In July, activists attended the AAUP Summer Institute, where we were able to connect with faculty unionists from across the country. The Summer Institute offered a number of sessions focused on organizing and the important work faculty unions do to improve higher education. We also hosted events that brought together OSU faculty from across both the state and the wide range of disciplines in which we work, teach, and study. At our recent Summer BBQ, we came together to celebrate the close of another…

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October Update: United Academics of University of Oregon

by Nathan Whalen, Executive Vice President, UAUO At the University of Oregon, members of United Academics are beginning another school year, excited as always to meet incoming students, but also aware of the challenges that we face in the near future. We are pleased with the decision of the Board of Trustees at the end of the last school year to reduce the projected tuition increase by more than a third, to 6.56 percent as a result of the $70 million allocated to higher education by the Oregon Legislature.Though this figure still represents a steep hike for our student body, it…

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