This Week in the PSC (06.11.12): Testify Next Monday at Hostos
Testify Next Monday at Hostos At next Monday’s (June 18) CUNY Board of Trustees Borough hearing, CUNY faculty will testify about Pathways’ potential impacts on students and how Pathways will undermine the value of a CUNY degree. If you have strong feelings about the issue, please sign up to testify.…
This Week in the PSC (06.04.12):Your Testimony About Pathways Matters
Your Testimony About Pathways Matters The Board of Trustees needs to hear from CUNY faculty and staff why Pathways is a mistake. Please sign up to testify about Pathways at the public hearing of the CUNY Board of Trustees at Hostos Community College on June 18. PSC Communications Coordinator Fran…
This Week in the PSC (05.29.12): Sign Up toTestify About Pathways
Testify About Pathways—Monday, June 18 If you feel strongly about protecting the quality of a CUNY education, please sign up to testify about Pathways at the public hearing of the CUNY Board of Trustees at Hostos Community College on June 18. PSC Communications Coordinator Fran Clark (646-459-6882) can help you…
This Week in the PSC (05.21.12): Act Now On the City Budget and Unemployment Insurance for Adjuncts
Demand Greater City Investment in CUNY Last Friday, the City Council heard testimony from CUNY about Mayor Bloomberg’s Executive Budget, which proposes a slight increase in funding for CUNY community colleges, but depends too much on tuition hikes. PSC members have made our platform clear to council members with our…
This Week in the PSC (05.14.12):Act Now to Urge More City Funding for CUNY
Act Now to Urge More City Funding for CUNY Mayor Bloomberg’s Executive Budget proposes a slight increase in funding for CUNY community colleges, but it depends too much on tuition hikes and doesn’t meet the needs of low-income, minority and immigrant students who attend CUNY. Visit our City Budget Campaign…
PSC Safety Net Committee teams with NYC Care Congress, Sunday June 3
Join with the PSC's Social Safety Net Working Group as we team with many other unions and advocacy organizations in support of kick off the "Caring Across Generations" campaign here in NYC organized by Domestic Workers United and Align. The Care Congress is Sunday, June 3, 2-5pm, Pace University, across…
This Week in the PSC (05.03.12): PSC to the CUNY Board of Trustees: 5,676 Say Repeal Pathways
PSC to the CUNY Board of Trustees: 5,676 Say Repeal Pathways PSC members filled the room at Monday’s CUNY Board of Trustees meeting as the union presented a petition calling for the repeal and replacement of Pathways, CUNY’s new austerity-inspired framework on general education. 5,676 CUNY faculty and staff signed…
This Week in the PSC (04.23.12):Last Week to Gather Signatures for the Pathways Petition
Last Week to Gather Signatures for the Pathways Petition Now is the time to make sure you and your colleagues have signed the petition to repeal and replace Pathways. Signatures received by the end of the day on Thursday, April 26 will be included when the petition is presented to…
This Week in the PSC (4.19.12): Ask Colleagues To Sign the Pathways Petition by April 27
Pathways Petition - Ask Colleagues To Sign by April 27 If you haven’t yet signed the PSC’s petition on Pathways, now is the time. And if you have signed, now is the time to ask colleagues in your department to sign as well. Signatures received by noon on April 27…
This Week in the PSC (04.10.12): Even More Opposition to Pathways
Even More Opposition to Pathways New resolutions opposing Pathways were passed last week by the Brooklyn College Faculty Council, the City College College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Council, and by five departments at LaGuardia Community College. Also, David Speidel, former provost of Queens College, wrote in the Queens Times-Ledger…