5/23/2011: According to all the data, what UO needs most to keep our AAU status is more GTF/GRA positions. But instead we are going to spend the money on another administrator. I love the responsibilities part. “Develop a strategic communications plan.” What the fuck does this have to do with being a research university? Here goes the rest of our ICC F&A money.
Coordinator of Communication, Fellowships, and Events
Graduate School
Posting: 11152
Location: Eugene
Closes: Open Until FilledRANK & SALARY RANGE: $43,000-$48,000, commensurate with training and experience.
PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT: 12-month, full-time appointment
STARTING DATE: July 1, 2011
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Coordinator will work to enhance graduate education and research by working collaboratively with Graduate School leadership and other staff in three areas: communications, events and the management of fellowships. The coordinator reports to the Vice Provost of Graduate Studies and the Associate Dean of the Graduate School.
Communications: The Coordinator will develop and implement a strategic communications plan to effectively use a variety of media to engage diverse audiences, …
The hell of it is, they’ve most likely already (as they usually do) selected their desired candidate for the job.
There’s something going on at the graduate school, and while it may be well-intentioned, it doesn’t look good from the outside. As an example, they’ve been on a power grab to force departmental graduate applications to go through them – which costs applicants 50 bucks a pop. The GradWeb system’s been a nightmare according to everyone I’ve talked to. They have big plans in mind as far as I can tell which will no doubt involve more hiring.
The Gradweb interface is horrible. But worse is charging $50 to even apply. How can we increase our diversity when we are pushing away low income students and many minorities with these fees? I hate that we create expensive ‘action plans’ that do nothing but then push fees with major effects without any thought.
Dog says, yeah just what we need – another obstacle for increasing our grad student population.
Once upon a time, dog was consulted on various matters. When Linda Brady first got here she asked the dog what the dog thought “the biggest academic problem was at the UO” – Dog barked instantly – our declining graduate population since we are a research University. Much of this is Linton’s legacy I think – now we want to name an Atrium after him in the New ISC2 building … God the UO is an amazing place.
We definitely should be out of the AAU if we can’t turn our graduate programs around.