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Rob Moseley has the news here: By Rob Moseley Editor, GoDucks.com A strong spring fueled by NCAA championships in men’s and women’s track & field propelled the Oregon athletic department to a school-record 13th-place finish in the 2014-15 Division I Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings, as announced Thursday. The Directors’…
Bloomberg has the news on the OHSU gift here. $200M in matching funds came from the state, $100M came from Gert Boyle, founder of Columbia Sportswear: The $500 million donation by Knight and his wife Penny is the largest single gift ever made to a U.S. college, while the $1 billion total is…
Update: I’ve been told that this ad may not be for Triplett’s position. Apparently there’s other turnover as well. More good news from Johnson Hall. The AVP job posting is here. Rumor has it there have been complaints to the OFCCP about the previous non-compliant non-searches, here.
6/23/2015 update: Diane Dietz’s story, with some interesting comments, is here: On June 18, the bar’s initial investigation found there was no evidence that Hill and Park did anything “obviously illegal or fraudulent” in taking the counseling records. However, the bar took “no position” on the major question of whether…
Looks like $300K just for June so far. Yes, of course I’ve got a public records request in for the details. And there’s still a week to go before the FY closes on June 30th:
but not the name of the person making the request?
Jack Stripling has the long and very interesting story in the Chronicle (may be gated if you are off campus): … The fatigue with leadership turnover is palpable at the University of Washington. Professors, alumni, and local business leaders say they have simply had enough of what seems to be…
Their RG Op-Ed is here: The brand-new University of Oregon Police Department can expect high-profile incidents in which the campus police will use force — it is part of the job, and it is only a matter of time. The UOPD doesn’t have an oversight system that meets the standards…
Whistleblowing is all the rage these days. If you’ve got some hot muck it’s a seller’s market. Investigative reporter Les Zaitz has the story on the Oregonian’s new secure drop site, here: Want to secretly submit a tip? Try our new SecureDrop …. We understand there are those with information they want…
6/19/2015: From Around the 0:
Jane Gordon has been named the interim vice provost for UO programs in Portland and Jim Terborg will become interim dean of Lundquist College of Business.
Gordon will fill in while a search is conducted to replace Wendy Larson, the current vice provost for Portland programs, who is retiring. Terborg is taking over during the search for a new business school dean following the decision of Kees de Kluyver to step down.
6/9/2015: Kees de Kluyver out, UO searching for 4 Deans and VP of Research
This is sad news. HLGR’s noted big-tobacco litigator Sharon Rudnick was a gift to the UO faculty union – her bargaining stunts must have increased membership by 10%: And I’m guessing few of UO’s GTF’s will soon forget negotiating sick-leave policies with HLGR’s zoning law expert Jeff Matthews. How did HLGR end up with…
From his Washington Post law blog, here:
One of the latest things in universities, including at University of California (where I teach) is condemning “microaggressions,” supposed “brief, subtle verbal or non-verbal exchanges that send denigrating messages to the recipient because of his or her group membership (such as race, gender, age or socio-economic status).” Such microaggressions, the argument goes, can lead to a “hostile learning environment,” which UC — and the federal government — views as legally actionable. This is stuff you could get disciplined or fired for, especially if you aren’t a tenured faculty member.
In the FT, here: Is online education the solution to widening inequality, rapidly rising costs, and lack of access to high quality courses? Will it lead to the demise of traditional “brick and mortar” institutions? I was initially very skeptical about the claims being made about online education, but after…