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The University of Oregon will require students and faculty to have the COVID-19 vaccine to attend fall in-person classes.
UO President Michael Schill made the announcement Monday afternoon, making UO the fourth public university in Oregon to create the new requirement. Over the past couple of weeks, university leadership engaged in broad discussions with a wide variety of experts and stakeholders, including students, faculty, and staff, to develop our policy on COVID-19 vaccinations, Schill stated in the announcement. We have concluded that to protect the health and safety of our university community and the communities we serve, the University of Oregon will require students, faculty and staff who will be on campus to be vaccinated prior to the start of the fall 2021 academic term.
Strike ends at Oregon Institute of Technology as contract deal reached
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) The faculty at the Oregon Institute of Technology has come to an agreement on a five-year contract with the university, ending a strike that had stretched into a second week.
Tentative agreements were reached on salary, merit increases and health insurance that includes Oregon Tech paying 95 to 97% of healthcare costs, the Herald and News reported this week.
Both parties agreed to new workload expectations that will allow faculty to spend more time with students and in the classroom, according to administration.
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By - Associated Press - Thursday, May 6, 2021
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - The faculty at the Oregon Institute of Technology has come to an agreement on a five-year contract with the university, ending a strike that had stretched into a second week.
Tentative agreements were reached on salary, merit increases and health insurance that includes Oregon Tech paying 95 to 97% of healthcare costs, the Herald and News reported this week.
Both parties agreed to new workload expectations that will allow faculty to spend more time with students and in the classroom, according to administration.
Associated Press
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. The faculty at the Oregon Institute of Technology has come to an agreement on a five-year contract with the university, ending a strike that had stretched into a second week.
Tentative agreements were reached on salary, merit increases and health insurance that includes Oregon Tech paying 95 to 97% of healthcare costs, the Herald and News reported this week.
Both parties agreed to new workload expectations that will allow faculty to spend more time with students and in the classroom, according to administration.
Administration upped its salary offer from 9.5% guaranteed salary increases to 11.5% over the next five years, with the opportunity for another 3.5% in merit increases. Although the union was opposed to merit increases, Ken Fincher, vice president of institutional advancement, said that was one area in which the union compromised.