The Commonwealth Foundation’s latest attack on public sector unionism is part of a national offensive coordinated by the conservative state think tanks in the State Policy Network. The Commonwealth Foundation is one of nine think-tanks that have […]
Editor’s Note: You can follow Raging Chicken Press’s full coverage of the abuse of workers at Kutztown University RIGHT HERE. Since Raging Chicken Press first broke the story about the systematic mistreatment of workers at […]
It was advocacy day for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) on the hill today. Students, legislators and officials from the 14 PASSHE universities gathered in the lower rotunda to display their music technology, […]
BREAKING [3/31 @ 2:45 pm] : Just moments ago, KU Vice President of Administration and Finance sent an email to the Facilities Team, announcing that Jeff Grimm, Director of Facilities, is retiring. Kutztown University’s Campus Grounds Supervisor, […]
Canada’s two largest universities, the University of Toronto and York University, are experiencing something they haven’t seen for a while: 10,000 teaching assistants and contract faculty on strike. The strikes have effectively shut down the […]
In a statement released yesterday following Gov. Tom Wolf’s first budget address, Steve Herzenberg, Executive Director of the Keystone Research Center (KRC), said that the Governor’s proposed budget would “get Pennsylvania back on the right […]
Today is National Adjunct Walkout Day and adjunct faculty from across the nation have taken to the streets or held adjunct awareness actions on their campuses. If there was any questions as to whether adjuncts […]
This Wednesday is the first-ever National Adjunct Walkout Day (NAWD). What began as an idea proposed by an adjunct writing instructor at San Jose State University (@NationalAdjunct) at the beginning of the fall 2014 semester, quickly took […]
Once again administrators for the 14 university PA State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) are advancing multiple tuition schemes that will result in increased costs to students and their families. The schemes are being encouraged […]
Yesterday morning, I had my first “Welcome to Harrisburg, kiddo” experience when Representative Vitali’s climate change press conference began at 11:oo am. Inside the media center, there were two folks sitting in front of me, […]