Clarion University Releases Retrenchment Letters (Photo)
The first round of letters are out…
October 2013
Activists Across PA Join Global Monsanto Protest, Could Help Achieve Statewide GMO Labeling
On October 12, people across Pennsylvania and around the world hit the streets to protest against the food mega-corporation Monsanto. Their production of genetically engineered (GE) foods or genetically modified organisms (GMO’s) was a chief […]
Edinboro University Brags About “Top Notch Faculty” While Students Protest Faculty Layoffs (Photo)
Thanks to @banditelli for the following ironic graphic. While students were protesting the layoffs/retrenchment/firing/axing of music, the arts, foreign languages and other things that makes a university a university, Edinboro University promoted their “top notch […]
Showing Solidarity, Edinboro University Students Conduct Sit-In for #SLASSHE Professors
With retrenchment (layoff) notices being handed out at over half of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) institutions, students and professors have begun holding rallies to show solidarity for those facing layoffs at the SSHE institutions […]
Kevin Mahoney on the Rick Smith Show: PASSHE’s Beautiful Buildings, Bond Schemes, and Corporatization of Higher Ed
Last night, Kevin Mahoney was talking about his recent article, “Wall Street on the Susquehanna: PASSHE Bond Scheme Bleeds Education Budget for Beautiful Buildings,” on the Rick Smith Show. Listen to the interview below or […]
ESU Administration Says It Will Drop the Ax on Faculty – UPDATED
Late yesterday afternoon, APSCUF members from East Stroudsburg University began tweeting out the news that their administration plans on laying off up to 30 faculty members. This news follows weeks of public meetings and student […]
Wall Street on the Susquehanna: PASSHE Bond Scheme Bleeds Education Budget for Beautiful Buildings
This past July, eight of the fourteen PA State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) universities sent letters to their faculty and staff warning of the possibility of deep cuts, layoffs, and program elimination (what they […]
Workers Independent News: Now Syndicated on Raging Chicken Press
One of our missions at Raging Chicken Press is to bring together a range of progressive voices and resources right on our site. While most of what we post comes from our committed group of […]
Slippery Rock’s “Third Way” to Retrenchment?
Slippery Rock University’s Provost Philip Way says that while he intends to abide by the faculty’s Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) he wants to “grease its operational wheels” as a “Third Way” to make deep cuts […]
David Corn Dispels Obamacare Myths; Retweets ACA Success Stories
Mother Jones journalist David Corn is using Twitter for the good. He’s broadcasting amazing stories of how Obamacare is a good thing for Americans. Here’s a sampling of retweets from David Corn’s twitter page. @DavidCornDC […]