4/8/2013: An anonymous UO law alumnus points me to this, from ABA data reported in the National Law Journal:
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Diane Dietz has the story in the RG: … they’d tried for months to get the administration to hold an open meeting for Oregon Hall employees so that all the workers with physical complaints could air their concerns. But it wasn’t until after DeFazio called UO President Michael Gottfredson that…
4/8/2013: From a new study, as reported in the Chronicle: His analysis found that having faculty unions led public universities to spend a larger share of their budgets on instruction, as opposed to administration. Over time, his paper says, universities with faculty unions consistently spent 2 to 3 percent less than…
If anyone knows, please comment or email me, thanks. 4/8/2013.
4/7/2013, here: UO men’s and women’s teams, combined, are 11th in the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup competition, which uses a slightly different scoring system. The highest the Ducks have ever finished in the Directors’ Cup competition is 14th in 2009-10; with a strong spring, they could be a top-five program. …
Fun graphic from Mark Friesen in the Oregonian – mouseover the dots and see the retiree’s name, final salary, and retirement benefits (you gotta follow the link here, below is just a screenshot). The accompanying article by Ted Sickinger makes a lot of interesting points about how haphazard current payouts…
That would be John Wolf at Rutgers, fired for giving the president bad advice about a coach’s misdeeds. 4/6/2013.
4/5/2013: I’d rather not know which UO administrator drives this one:
4/4/2013: Faculty? Strange, I don’t see Jim Bean’s name on the list of faculty teaching B-School classes this fall. Didn’t we pay him $200K to take a sabbatical last year, so he could prepare for his return to teaching? His faculty appointment is for $186K a year. We’re currently paying him…
That would be President Mitch Daniels at Purdue. Fascinating piece on his surprising first few months in Insidehighered, here. 4/4/2013.
4/4/2012: Plans here: Oh wait – this is for remodeling the locker room suite at Autzen. Never mind.
4/3/2013: The smart money says she’s billed us more than $200K so far. Now UO’s Public Records Office is charging $300 for people to see copies of the latest invoices from Sharon Rudnick and HLGR: We asked for the documents 12 days ago, and found out about the fee today.…
4/3/2013: Thought I’d repost this Randy classic – no particular reason. 1/29/2013: Oregon has a law on government transparency: SB 2500, passed in 2009. State agencies are required to post a bunch of stuff, including expenditures. The webpage is here. But UO has stopped reporting what they spend on legal services.…
The official announcement, follow up to the news that VP for University Relations Michael Redding is leaving: To: [email protected]: deans-dirs: Reorganization of UO central administration The following message is forwarded on behalf of President Michael Gottfredson – I am writing to let you know about a planned reorganization within central…
In red, from Dave Hubin’s fascinating UO accreditation report: