Highlights

Feature Story
Going public
By putting a new spin on an old approach to organizing, unions hope to win campaigns and extend labor's reach

Campus Clips
Tax cuts are wreaking havoc with state revenues
University-business collaborations
Salaries inch up for faculty and teachers

News and Trends
Preschool for all, says Feldman
Chiropractic faculty votes for the union
Sweeney tells AFT: Labor needs leaders like you!
Mark your calendar for Campus Equity Week
Stop bombing Vieques, says AFT
AFT, NEA agree to partnership
Calif. union links with AFT
Maryland employees test union waters
N.Y. union contract talks still under way
NYU adjuncts hear union call
Union fever spreads in Vermont
NYSUT and AAUP will organize jointly

Speakout
Should college athletes be paid?

Washington Wire
Patient rights, diluted

Technology
How distance education stacks up in the here and now

TechNotes
Posting content online for students
Diluting the '50-percent rule'