12/30/2011: The docket for the 1/6/2012 OUS Board meeting is out. Summer session tuition increases (very large for law school) and this perk for Dr. Pernsteiner: 5. Academic title can be assigned to staff members in unclassified academic service, whether the type of service is teaching, research, extension, administration or other service. Deans, vice presidents, presidents, Chancellor, and vice chancellors may have the academic rank of professor as determined by each institution’s criteria. A commenter points out this may be Pernsteiner’s exit strategy. Sounds possible: Kitzhaber appoints a new OEIB boss, Pernsteiner…
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for the football team, that is: “On Monday, in their third consecutive BCS appearance, the Ducks will show Wisconsin what they are made of,” said Governor Kitzhaber. “I can’t wait to watch Oregon do what it does best – come together as a team to get the job done. The…
12/30/2011: Readers have asked me to get information on the cost and plans for UO – Portland, for the Huron consulting contracts, and for info on the VP for Diversity search. I’ve been asking VP for Portland Wendy Larson for the Portland info, and I’ve filed PR requests for Huron…
12/29/2011: Review article From Steve Weiberg in USA Today discusses how the faculty and administration have lost control at many schools. It will be interesting to see if Bob Berdahl attempts to deal with this at UO, or passes it on to the permanent president. The article raises an interesting…
12/28/2011: Word around the Oregon Hall water cooler is that at least one key administrator will be leaving UO soon for a substantial promotion at another AAU school, and that others are looking more locally. Hardly surprising, given the administrative disarray and the weird internal politics of this place. Berdahl…
12/28/2011: Not state appropriations – so student tuition? It’s all fungible anyway. I like that clause for spouse and dependent children. Our administrators are quite thorough when it comes to nailing down their perks. Go Ducks! Full contract here. She gets a free car, just like Bean – and…
12/28/2011: Pernsteiner has been consulting with Senate President Kyr and acting Provost Lorraine Davis (WTF?) on names. It will be a closed search, so it’s important the committee include people the faculty trusts. There will be 15 or so people, 5 faculty. Pernsteiner gets the final pick, probably early next…
12/27/2011: You know you’ve got a problem when the journalists at Business Week start using your industry as the new example of how money corrupts, instead of Bernie Madoff. Their review article covers Penn State and explains how the academic side can become dependent on football money, then get co-opted…
12/26/2011: Download here. News piece here. Sunshine as Disinfectant: The Effect of State Freedom of Information Act Laws on Public Corruption Adriana S. Cordis and Patrick L. Warren August 2, 2011 Abstract: This paper investigates the effect of open government provisions on public corruption in the United States. Specifically, it…
12/24/2011: Rob, please stop maxing out our Visa card on presents like this – you’re bankrupting us. We’re still trying to get him to show us the contract, but basically athletic director Rob Mullens agreed to accept 60 seconds of air-time during the UO-UCLA broadcast for this FOX produced ad,…
from the law professors at the The Volokh Conspiracy: I’m pleased to report that our local counsel, Benjamin Souede of Angeli Law Group LLC, and I will be representing the defendant blogger in Obsidian Finance Group, LLC v. Cox (D. Or.); we will be filing a motion for new trial,…
Progress of sorts, but Rob Mullens is still laughing all the way to Jamie Moffitt’s bank, using the academic side’s money to pay the athletic department’s bills. From: Rob Mullens Subject: iac2011-12: Apology Date: December 23, 2011 10:49:50 AM [email protected]> Glen, Good morning. The Athletic Department understands the critical role…