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- UO unveils historic new Hayward... (26)
- uomatters Apparently the insiders are calling it "Slusher's Schlong". – Saturday
- Ellis Lawrence Reaction from the Historic Preservation program? Crickets. – Saturday
- Dog This is because "we smoked it all" – Thursday
- Eugenenative I don’t think they have any idea what they are losing. – Thursday
- Permanent Skeptic It didn't take long for the PR flaks to bring in what I'm sure is just the first of the... – Thursday
- New Year Cat I absolutely fail to see why we must have the Best In the World here. We are not the Best... – Thursday
- The Truth "We Smoked It All" – Thursday
- Charlie Man, thanks for the vid! That was cool! On top of the goodwill, it would be an outstanding project for... – Wednesday
- VP for Communication Kyle Henley... (4)
- Anonymous http://www.sacbee.com/news/investigations/the-public-eye/article36715044.html UC-Davis fired her after student and faculty protests over her $260K salary. – Friday
- uomatters Do tell us more! – Friday
- Fishwrapper Oh dear God. Well, she did such a good job to -- er, for the state's flagship university, so maybe... – Friday
- Anonymous University Communications has contracted with consultantLuanne Lawrence http://www.lmlmarcom.com – Friday
- Former UO VPR Kimberly Espy... (21)
- Well, Espy has "moved on to other opportunities" (i.e., was canned) several times in a row. So, universities sometimes hold... – Friday
- Dog Who holds anyone accountable for anything these days? – Thursday
- This makes some sense. But why wouldn't search firms be held accountable after serving up losers like Espy time and... – Thursday
- Dog I don't think search firms care, they just want to provide their client candidates. In addition, the fastest way to... – Thursday
- What you say makes sense, Dog...but it is still baffling that professional search firms are not able (or willing?) to... – Thursday
- OMA Could be that most admin is just dead wood at this point. Like a gaggle of MBA type middle managers,... – Thursday
- Dog Even if they were warned, most higher ed Institutions don't believe it or take it as a sign of personal... – Wednesday
- UO administrators waste an hour... (3)
- honest Uncle Bernie And they talk about the ols gang that couldn't shoot straight! These professional administrators, many of whom never even were... – Thursday
- uomatters Yes, but we'd rather work together with admin as in the past. – Thursday
- Old Man Policy development may go more smoothly if Senate is in the loop early, but I don't see that the Senate... – Thursday
- NYTimes gives Oregon PERS a... (10)
- Oldertimer Vortex I was awesome brah! We’re you there? Can’t wait for Vortex II ! See you there? – Wednesday
- Dog With respect to the Figure above and other tidbits, for academics on a 9-month salary, it is important to remember:... – Tuesday
- Owl Nicely summed up UoM. Thanks. – Monday
- oldtimer Yes, that is right, passed by large margin in multnomah county and also passed in lane, and most other blue... – Sunday
- Dog that may or may not be true, would have to see the actual data - however, I know that Measure... – Sunday
- oldtimer Yes, and paradoxically, measure 5 typically passed in blue counties and failed in red counties. Another one of Oregon’s many... – Sunday
- RCO Indeed. If I didn't know better I would think, from reading this article, that we have to choose between funding... – Sunday
- Anas clypeata I found it strange that the article did not mention voters' hamstringing of local governments through limits on property taxes.... – Sunday
- Dana Altman leads his Ducks... (7)
- an ex-fan The "larger problem" is that Oregon, and others, are running college campus versions of pre-pro basketball. Maybe we could call... – Wednesday
- Inquiring Minds The notes indicate that students who transfer out before graduating are excluded. So that could be a factor since it... – Wednesday
- Dog graduation rates in Oregon have been improving http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2018/01/oregons_graduation_rate_improv.html but we still rank low compared to other states but are not... – Wednesday
- honest Uncle Bernie Aren't the basketball players high school students? Seriously, Dog may have a point. Oregon apparently is such a dumbass state... – Wednesday
- uomatters Please think harder before you post more comments like this. – Tuesday
- There is no Dog Apparently Oregon has the lowest high-school graduation rate of any state in the nation, perhaps barring DC. So maybe this... – Tuesday
- Dog This is great as Altman is likely to receive another hefty raised, based of course, on metrics. – Tuesday
- Hopelessly naive incoming Univ Senate... (2)
- Eugene Weekly reports on GC... (3)
- uomatters Thanks, this sort of praise means a lot to me, and presumably to Kevin as well. – Monday
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- UO unveils historic new Hayward... (26)
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- RT @jjforegon: Powerful piece by Professor Rubin about the impact of #institutionalBetrayal on individuals and institutions.… https://t.co/oXjWsWS0I7, Apr 20
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- RT @npquarterly: RT @pinnaclehills Baltimore Museum Sells Art by White Men to Finance More Diverse Holdings https://t.co/3qKWEa6i2W, Apr 20
- RT @Oregon_Law: #UOregonLaw's Erik Girvan “In a nutshell, there’s not much evidence that trainings result in any long-term improvem… https://t.co/Ji1SRQdd0Z, Apr 19
- RT @KenGoe: NCAA awards the 2019 and 2020 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships to Texas. The meet will return to Eugene in… https://t.co/EFU3p73gL0, Apr 19
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Recent Posts
- VP for Communication Kyle Henley uncommunicative on “brand awareness” contract 04/20/2018
- Senate/University Service Survey held open til Friday 04/19/2018
- UO administrators waste an hour of Senate Exec time trying to explain why they still can’t decide if they need to involve the Senate in new COI/C policy 04/19/2018
- Former UO VPR Kimberly Espy gets provost job at UTSA 04/18/2018
- UO unveils historic new Hayward Field, with weird fat blunt add-on 04/17/2018
- Dana Altman leads his Ducks to rock bottom of graduation success metrics 04/17/2018
- Students elect next year’s ASUO leaders 04/16/2018
- Hopelessly naive incoming Univ Senate Pres wants to improve relations between faculty and administration 04/16/2018
- NYTimes gives Oregon PERS a superficial once-over, doesn’t cite Sickinger or explain why PERS wants $20B more for its $70B endowment 04/14/2018
- Former UO Diversity head Greg Vincent loses Pres job for plagiarism 04/14/2018
- Eugene Weekly reports on GC Kevin Reed’s refusal to refund student $114 for Fed subpoena PRO wouldn’t provide, & Reed’s refusal to participate in Transparency Committee or send his assistant Bryan Dearinger 04/12/2018
- UO Dean takes principled stand 04/11/2018
- Law Dean Burke does Q&A with students about Prof Shurtz 04/11/2018
- Senate meets 3PM today: VPRI, Conflicts, Learning, Honors, Multicultural 04/11/2018
- Bootleg versions of proposed Conflict of Interest Policy and Procedures 04/10/2018
- Berdahl to ask Trustees to give Gottfredson another chance 04/09/2018
- Nike and Oregon High School athletics 04/09/2018
- Sign up now for Senate & committee service 04/09/2018
- Faculty Union Assembly to meet at Noon today – no photos! 04/09/2018
- CoD Dean Lindner apologizes, admits the union protects faculty right to meet and talk without fear 04/07/2018
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In partial equilibrium results, Hansen, Marcotte and Hemelt, and Hansen and Marcotte find increasing instructional days is more cost effective than reducing the class size. But the existing research has examined changing the school calendar holding teachers fixed, or changing teachers holding school calendars fixed.
My thoughts, why not cut back on other costly programs shown to have no benefits (most job training programs, etc.).