I’ve always said that the UO administration could kill this blog any time they wanted to, with a modicum of honesty, transparency, and competence. And frankly, after 6 years of fecund muckraking, I’m more than ready to call it quits. The sooner the better. But that day is not today.…
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To be followed by a reception for Senate award winners Miriam Bolton, Johnny Earl, Michael Dreiling, and Carol Stabile. The next and final Senate meeting will be June 3rd. I might get in a little live-blogging below, or Watch Live, Senate Meeting Agenda – May 27, 2015 2014-2015, Agendas 3:00 pm 1. Call to…
5/27/2015 update: Dear campus community, The search committee and I invite you to meet Dr. Jennifer Hammat, candidate for the position of Assistant Vice President for Sexual Assault & Title IX Coordinator. Dr. Hammat will be visiting campus on June, 2nd. At 3:00 p.m. in room 16 of Pacific Hall,…
The NYT has the big story, here: FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Face Extradition to U.S. An investigation yielded charges against at least 10 current and former officials. The charges include wire fraud, racketeering and money laundering that involved bids for World Cups as well as marketing and broadcast…
Dear Colleagues, As we begin the final weeks of the academic year, I have exciting news to announce about our plans to attract outstanding faculty from across the country to the UO. We are moving forward with funding for two of the proposals identified last year in the Clusters of…
I’ve always thought “civil speech” meant honest and effective talk about how to resolve matters of importance to civil society, but for many people, including many university administrators, it seems to mean polite niceties that do not offend. Historian Joan Scott has a fascinating piece in The Nation on the rather ugly history of “civility”, and its current…
From what I can tell this money came from the general fund, i.e. mostly undergraduate tuition money from CAS students. The scholarships go to law school students with decent LSATs. More than a few get a full ride. For comparison, the UO Foundation spent roughly the same amount on academic…
Diane Dietz has the story here. The hope is that rates will be low, given the generally healthy UO student body. I wonder if the regular students will end up subsidizing the football team’s concussion coverage, along with the $2.2M in tutoring costs for the athlete-only Jock Box that the athletic department is…
5/24/2015 update: I don’t have anything new on this. Does anyone?
7/8/2013: The Lane County DA’s office has finally prodded UO into releasing the 269 page Canoe Group report on Portland. UO sent me a very low quality pdf, I’ve asked for something better and here it is, thanks! Full pdf here.
UO decided to completely redact the 2012 PWG report. If anyone has a copy of that pass it on and I’ll post it.
NYT report and obituary here.
“Around the O” has the story, here. More on SAIL here.
That’s the latest rumor about the School of Journalism and Communications, from the faculty club breakfast buffet. Some stuff about a “caste system” among faculty, and a historical “lack of focus or vision” from administrators. More on SOJC dissension here. I’m sure these issues will be thoroughly addressed by a new branding…
Steve Berkowitz has the story in USA Today, here. $3.5M for Larry Scott – not bad for running what the IRS still considers to be a non-profit organization: The conference reported just over $374 million in total revenue for a fiscal year ending June 30, 2014 — a figure that includes…
Senate Meeting Agenda – May 20, 2015 2014-2015 Agendas 115 Lawrence, 3:00-5:00 p.m. 3:00 pm 1. Call to Order 3:00 pm 2. Approval of Minutes 3:05 pm 3. State of the University 3:15 pm 4. New Business 4.1 US14/15-86: Motion to Amend Policy on Faculty-Student Engagement in UO Courses; Alison Schmitke (Undergrad Degree Program Dir,…
Wow. This is required watching for anyone interested in the corruption of big-time college sports. Thanks to a reader for the link. Meanwhile the Knight Commission is panicking over the NLRB ruling and the new Jenkins lawsuit. Jake New has the story in InsideHigherEd.com. If universities have to start playing…