| School president’s pay: Is this UMass or Wall Street? (Boston Globe) | Mon, 01/25/2010 | MSP President, Randall Phillis, comments on UMass System President's Pay Raise |
| Building An Activist Union: The Massachusetts Society of Professors (NEA Thought & Action) | Thu, 01/07/2010 | Former MSP Presidents publish article in Fall 2009 Edition of NEA Thought & Action |
| 'Wannabe U' (www.insidehighered.com) | Tue, 10/06/2009 | Article regarding new book, "Wannabe U: Inside the Corporate University" |
| When State Universities Lose State Support (New York Times) | Mon, 10/05/2009 | Nancy Folbre, Economics Professor at UMass/Amherst writes regarding the national trend of public colleges and universities having to deal with declining state support |
| Support-Staff Jobs Double in 20 Years, Outpacing Enrollment (Chronicle of Higher Ed) | Fri, 04/24/2009 | Support staff positions at colleges increase at greater rate than instructor positions |
| Sabbaticals On Leave (Inside Higher Ed) | Fri, 03/06/2009 | The current state of sabbaticals during troubled times and how unions are working to protect these productive scholarship opportunities |
| Pay of Senior Administrators Still Beats Inflation, Even in Sluggish Economy (Chronicle of Higher Ed) | Fri, 02/27/2009 | FY09 administrator pay outpaces inflation for the 12th straight year |
| Holub creates task force to look at UMass reorganization (Daily Hampshire Gazette) | Wed, 02/04/2009 | Faculty push for process to review reorg plan. |
| UMass chancellor proposes reorganization (Springfield Republican) | Tue, 02/03/2009 | Major reorg proposed on Amherst campus |
| Hilda! Hilda! Hilda! (New York Times: The Board) | Wed, 01/28/2009 | Reminder of the importance of unions |
| Some States Propose Plans to Spare Higher Education From Budget Cuts (Chronicle of Higher Ed) | Fri, 01/23/2009 | Some governors are proposing plans to spare higher ed from budget cuts |
| UMass faculty plans general meeting next week over reorganization plans (GazetteNET) | Fri, 01/23/2009 | UMass faculty call for a rare general faculty meeting to discuss controversial plan to reorganize. |
| Seeking A Piece of the Pie (Daily Hampshire Gazette) | Mon, 01/12/2009 | University of Massachusetts unions are lobbying to include funding for public higher education in a proposed economic stimulus package. |
| Budget Crises, Academic Change: A Fable (Inside Higher Ed) | Thu, 01/08/2009 | Former UMass/Amherst Chancellor Writes about Implementing Academic Changes To Avert a Budget Crisis |
| Faculty Assail UMass Amherst Budget Cuts (Boston Globe) | Fri, 10/17/2008 | MSP faculty urge Chancellor Holub to deal with budget cuts by using reserves rather than by cutting academic departments |
| Eleven Unions Say UMass Bargaining in Bad Faith (Boston Globe) | Tue, 08/26/2008 | Higher Education unions file unfair labor practice charges against Board of Higher Education and Board of Trustees for failure to put forth an economic salary offer in bargaining |
| A chancellor's challenge: UMass needs a strong leader who will champion education (Daily Hampshire Gazette) | Sat, 08/23/2008 | MSP President Max Page writes to Chancellor Holub about what kind of leadership UMass/Amherst needs |
| Colleges Slow on Security Efforts (Boston Globe) | Thu, 06/26/2008 | Report calls for sweeping security changes across Massachusetts public college and University system |
| Pay of Professors at Mass. State Colleges Trails Peers (Boston Globe) | Wed, 05/14/2008 | Independent study shows sharp salary disparity among Massachusetts state college professors as compared with their peers. |
| UMass Chief Asks Degree Be Rescinded (Boston Globe) | Tue, 05/13/2008 | UMass President recommends that Board of Trustees rescind honorary degree awarded to President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe. |
