The person who forwarded this email thinks it relates to faculty who should have got the first 1.5% retroactive payment on their summer pay, but didn’t: Dear University of Oregon Faculty Member: As you are likely aware, the United Academics Collective Bargaining Agreement took effect this last month. This resulted…
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Matthew Kish has an excellent story in the Portland Business Journal about payments from Nike to UO athletics department’s employees. This stuff has conflict of interest all over it. I wonder how much Lorraine Davis gets? As Ted Sickinger reported in the Oregonian last year, these sorts of payments were…
11/30/2013: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/30/sports/ncaafootball/television-revenue-fuels-a-construction-boom-in-the-pac-12.html
11/29/2013: Too close to call. The Ducks spend 61% more on athletics and 19% more on our bloated central administration, but the Beavers spend 100% more on research. IPEDS data from: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/971644/uomatters/Football%20comparisons/UO.pdfhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/971644/uomatters/Football%20comparisons/OSU.pdf Helfrich contract here – maybe this slim win will keep the Duck boosters from blowing $6.4M on buying his…
11/27/2013: Jeff Mapes has the story in the Oregonian: The court upheld a ballot title that reads: Allows non-union member public employees receiving required union representation to refuse to share representation costs. I’m no economic theorist, but in theory the wording shouldn’t matter – the incentives are the same. But…
11/26/2013 repost.3/25/2013: UO’s academic accreditation comes through the NWCCU, which in turn is supervised by the US DOE. UO filed it’s latest report on 3/1/2013, compiled by Dave Hubin. Full of bold talk and more than a few half-truths. Read it all here. The cover page refers to our goal…
11/25/13: UO’s Payroll Office just sent around an email reminding everyone that the 1.1% dues/FS deductions start with this paycheck (If you are wondering why the dues and fair share deductions are the same for now, read point 2, here.): From: BAO Payroll Office NewsSubject: payroll: United Academics Union Dues and…
11/25/2013: Diane Dietz has an excellent, thorough story in the RG today. The bottom line? OSU has a very organized, extensive effort, and is now giving OSU degrees to on-line only students with no indication that the students were never on campus. Presumably this is part of the reason for…
11/24/2013: UO saved some big bucks yesterday. Yes, we’ll owe AD Rob Mullens another $50K if the Ducks play in any bowl game at all – contract here. But we’ll save maybe $250K on Helfrich – almost enough to cover the Scott Coltrane / Lorraine Davis increase in the Jock…
11/24/2013: In an op-ed in the RG, here: To enhance student participation with the board, the selection of student members should be determined by their peers. At Portland State University and Oregon State University student leaders allowed their colleagues to apply for the position, an opportunity all Ducks should be…
11/23/2013: The official announcement is on the UAUO website. No Executive Council positions were contested, so the names below will constitute the Exec Council until the next election, in May 2015. Elections will be in May of odd years, see the UAUO constitution and by-laws for the mind-numbingly democratic details.…
Updated in real-time, as reports from the faculty parties roll in: 11/22/2013, 10:28 PM: University to axe economics, keep heavily subsidized athletics department.11/22/2013, 5:23 PM: Brad Shelton is forming a secretive “Central Budgeting Committee” to provide a facade of faculty input into UO’s spending priorities and the 3.0 release of UO’s…
11/21/2013: Our President’s reaction to the grim benchmarking report from Coltrane: Title: Sr. Director, Marketing Communications Salary Range: $100,000 – 120,000 Review Date: Search will remain open until filled. Search committee will begin reviewing applications December 20, 2013Start Date: As soon as possibleGeneral Responsibilities:The University of Oregon seeks applications for…
11/21/2013: After a competitive national search, with 4 finalists brought out for visits: http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/whitten-named-uga-provost/. UO seems a bit behind the curve – rumor is that we may have some candidates out in January.
11/20/2013: Hannah Hoffman of the Statesman Journal has a report on the latest goings on with the legislature and the UO Board of Trustees appointments, here. For more perspective, read Mrs. Gerlinger’s prescient 1939 letter, here.11/15/2013: OUS Board celebrates “Remember the Hat” day They’re a little early this year, and boy…