Barely three weeks into fall term at Portland State, faculty members are already receiving notice of possible layoffs. Nearly 100 non-tenure track faculty got notice Tuesday. And the union that represents them, PSU’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, is expecting dozens more this week.
AAUP believes most of the notices will be sent out by the end of Tuesday, as the university attempts to meet a 60-day notice of layoff prior to an official letter of termination - a notice required by the faculty contract. The second notice, which would go out on Dec. 15, must come at least six months before an AAUP member’s last day on the job.
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