News :AAUP Oregon

AAUP Oregon News March 2015

Mar 11, 2015 3287 Views Comments Off

In This Issue Promising Signs by José Padîn, President AAUP Oregon Annual Conference by Margaret Butler, Executive Director In the News Chapter Updates UO PSU OSU Promising Signs by José Padîn, President Let us imagine this as our destination for public higher education in Oregon. Imagine student needs at the center. Imagine professors, advisers, and student support professionals leading our universities, working with students to set the priorities of the university. Imagine public higher education without the chronic distraction of chasing tuition dollars and external funds, without the deafening distraction of ever searching for something new to market to students.…

News

AAUP-Oregon at Legislature

Mar 2, 2015 2349 Views Comments Off

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…