Video/Photo Montage from March 28th Rally in Harrisburg

The first major Harrisburg rally in opposition to Gov. Corbett’s budget cuts took place on March 28th.  The rally was spearheaded by students from Shippensburg University and supported by APSCUF.  APSCUF-KU sent four buses filled with students and faculty. Here is APSCUF’s video/photo montage of the event:

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Rally for a Responsible State Budget in Harrisburg Tomorrow « APSCUF’s Blog

State APSCUF’s appeal to join today’s Rally for a Responsible Budget in Harrisburg: Rally for a Responsible State Budget in Harrisburg Tomorrow [TODAY!!!!] Posted on May 2, 2011 by apscuf If you still haven’t made it to Harrisburg to stand and be counted in the state budget fight, tomorrow is another great opportunity with the Rally [...]

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#PaEdCuts: video from March 28, 2011 rally in Harrisburg

On March 28, 2011 1,000 plus converged on our state capitol in Harrisburg carrying the message, “United We Stand, Underfunded We Fail.”  Here are three more videos from that rally. For more videos from the rally and from rallies across the entire State System of Higher Education, check out APSCUF’s YouTube channel: APSCUF President, Steve [...]

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APSCUF agrees to negotiate wage freeze

Just in from state APSCUF concerning our current contract negotiations: APSCUF Agrees to Negotiate Wage Freeze HARRISBURG – On Sunday, the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF), the organization representing the 6,000 faculty and coaches at the 14 state-owned universities, agreed in principle to negotiate a one-year wage freeze as called for [...]

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APSCUF announces website to help facilitate students organizing against budget cuts

Earlier today, APSCUF announced that the union has created a website, The Students’ Voice, to help facilitate students in the PASSHE system working to resist Corbett’s gutting of higher education.  APSCUF has also set up a facebook page PA Students’ Voice.  Here is official APSCUF press release: Website Launched to Assist Students in Fight Against [...]

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request from KU representative of Coalition of Pennsylvania Students

A couple of days ago, I wrote about the Coalition of Pennsylvania Students, a group launched to respond and resist Corbett’s budget cuts.  I’ve just received an email from the KU student representative of that coalition asking me to spread the word about one of the Coalition’s initiatives: contact your legislator immediately and tell him [...]

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Gov. Tom Corbett: Pennsylvania’s Savior

I’ve got to say that it was refreshing to read this piece by Walter Brasch.  You’ll get a sense of his tone from the selection below…but don’t miss out: read his entire article, “Gov. Tom Corbett: Pennsylvania’s Savior”: With the nation focused upon the union-busting Tea Party-backed Scott Walker in Wisconsin, Corbett has snuck in [...]

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Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education faculty members condemn Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s tactics | PennLive.com

APSCUF’s statement of support for Wisconsin workers covered in the Harrisburg Patriot-News. Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education faculty members condemn Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s tactics | PennLive.com. Check out APSCUF’s official statement here: PENNSYLVANIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS WISCONSIN STATE EMPLOYEES  

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the holiday spirit of giving, but not exactly WikiLeaks

In my most recent post, “between Stalin and squirrels,” you may recall that I referred to a “concept paper” that PASSHE Chancellor Cavanaugh provided to State APSCUF Executive Committee for consideration.  According to APSCUF President Steve Hicks, Chancellor Cavanaugh asked the Executive Committee to review and “approve or not.”  In Hicks’s response to the Chancellor, [...]

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between Stalin and squirrels

I’ve tried to write this post no fewer than three times.  I’m not having a case of writer’s block; I just haven’t found enough time during these last several days of the semester to tackle the task of connecting Stalin to squirrels.  Actually, it’s not really a matter of connecting the two at all.  It’s [...]

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PASSHE Board of Governors to meet at KU, Wed. 10/13/2010

That’s right folks…our dear friends on the PASSHE Board of Governors meeting will be holding their quarterly meeting at Kutztown on Wednesday, October 13 (yes, that’s right, later today).  Here’s is the agenda for the meeting: PASSHE BOG October 13, 2010 Agenda It also looks like PASSHE is streaming the BoG meeting live.  You can [...]

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Retirement incentives to save universities millions

I have to say that I am tempted to flaunt my “I told you so” banner at the moment.  At one of APSCUF’s Legislative Assembly meetings last year, I made a case both on the floor of the Assembly and privately with some of our union’s leadership that we were going to get hammered if [...]

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Budget knife cuts deep into State System | PennLive.com

APSCUF President, Steve Hicks responds to Harrisburg Patriot-News editorial about PASSHE taking “necessary steps.”  Kudos to Hicks for beginning his response like this: In your June 23 editorial on Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education’s “necessary steps,” you begin with a false statement: “Any business has to offer products and services that customers want at [...]

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APSCUF Update: Hicks reports on…

In this June 17th edition of APSCUF Update, APSCUF President Steve Hicks reports on retrenchment, low-enrolled programs, PA budget, and pension reform. Here’s the link: APSCUF Update 6-17-10 I was very pleased to read Hicks’s thoughts on APSCUF-KU’s work on retrenchment.  In the midst of all the bad news, it feels good to have some [...]

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Morning Call: Kutztown U. makes $4.2 million in cuts + Commentary

For readers of the XChange, this article from the Morning Call will come as a surprise–it merely confirms the fact that President Cevallos is playing the hatchet man these days.  And the only guiding principle to his cuts seems to be his “projected budget shortfalls.”  The one “interesting” thing about this article is we finally [...]

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news from APSCUF legislative assembly

As you may know, this is election time for APSCUF statewide.  This morning APSCUF delegates from all 14 PASSHE universities cast ballots to determine who will lead us as we enter into a difficult negotiations year, face local and statewide retrenchment, and continue to mobilize our members on a range of key issues.  In short, [...]

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a busy day on KU’s campus

Of all days to be home with my sick kid.  I wouldn’t have it any other way, but still today is a pretty big day for APSCUF-KU.  Here’s a little run-down of what will happen in just a few hours: at 3:15 there will be a special meeting of the APSCUF-KU Representative Council to vote [...]

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PASSHE joining others in looking at “crisis” as “opportunity” to fundamentally restructure higher ed?

APSCUF president Steve Hicks sent an email to faculty yesterday that contained a copy of his letter to Chancellor Cavanaugh regarding a report by Robert Zemsky and Jodi Finney titled, “Changing the Subject: Costs, Graduation Rates, and the Importance of Reengineering the Undergraduate Curriculum.”  The report was sent to APSCUF to “review and approve or [...]

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APSCUF President Steve Hicks message regarding retirement package

A few weeks ago, in those days before the retrenchment announcements by President Cevallos, there was much discussion about a rumored “Retirement Incentive Package” being considered by PASSHE.  APSCUF was scheduled to meet with the Chancellor’s office on February 12th to negotiate over this one issue.  As you may recall, we got a hold of [...]

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APSCUF-KU goes to Harrisburg

Members of APSCUF-KU’s Meet and Discuss team are headed to Harrisburg for St. Patrick’s Day.  Are they going to sample Harrisburg’s fine craft brews as part of a special APSCUF-KU goes Irish for a day?  Nope.  They are joining our State APSCUF Meet and Discuss team in a meeting with PASSHE administrators in an attempt [...]

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