I’m as deeply committed a union member/activist as they come. Standing shoulder to shoulder with something like 500 of my fellow APSCUF (Associated Pennsylvania College and University Faculty) members in the frigid cold for several hours in peaceful (though loud—at least me) protest of a contract proposal offered by the State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) whose transparent aims are the conversion of the 14 PASSHE universities into training depots, public relations centers, and employment offices for corporate America may be Governor Corbett’s dream, but it’s not mine. It’s also not any of my colleague’s dreams to convert from substance to mere shadow the quality of the educational opportunity they’re now able to offer their students. No such quality can be maintained under the working conditions the governor thinks good […]

