The NYT raises the question. Several of the NYT panelists mention mentoring and programs to get girls interested in science, as an alternative to heavy handed quotas and hiring preferences. UO has a lot of successful fill the pipeline programs to do that, and is building more. Meanwhile here is some…
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Diane Dietz, mostly questions about indep board. 10/1/2012.
That’s the word from Dashiell Paulson in the ODE: University spokesperson Joe Mosley said that Moffit, who is also the University CFO, convened the committee and she and Holmes have “taken the lead” in discussing the progress of the group and discussing possible options for an EMU expansion with Gottfredson.…
9/30/2012. It’s a twisted story. The DOJ hired an expert who says Harrang Long et al. padded their bill with top-heavy lawyers: If Bill Gary gets his way with the court, his 32 page counter-plea will yield a rather remarkable $27,000 per page (double-spaced). Paid for by the 53% of us who…
on academic support. Not on glossy colors for their 2011-12 report, quietly released on Friday. And the foundation’s own internal expenses have grown 20% in two years, from $5,463 in 2009-2010 to $6,646. 9/29/2012. 9/30/2012 Update: The Foundation has stopped putting the time-series data in the reports, presumably since it…
9/28/2012: Just kidding, there’s no detectable increase. From the UO Clery Act report. But spending on the UO Police, now that’s way, way up. Read our VPFA office’s attempts to rationalize that here. If Bean had grown spending on TT faculty or grad students at this rate we’d have a shot at…
9/28/2012. Even while numbers taking the GRE are up. NYT story here. Interim Provost Bean’s academic plan calls for increasing UO’s graduate students from 15% to 19% of enrollment. Since percentage calculations can be problematic for our interim provost, we got these from a Dog: Here are some old numbers from…
9/28/2012: Dear Colleagues, It’s great to have fall term underway. The energy our students bring to campus is infectious. For some of you, welcome back after what I hope was a relaxing and productive summer. For others, thank you for all your hard work over the summer months maintaining this…
First he and Bill Gary lost the one against DA Patrick Flaherty, for which his firm was paid $55,000 by Deschutes county taxpayers. Still no word on the counter complaint against them by Flaherty’s wife. Now Nigel Jaquiss reports the bar has also dismissed the Frohnmayer Gary complaint against John…
Updates: As of 10PM today we had 30,200 unique visits for September, thanks mostly to the Geller, Holmes, Bean, and OH stories. This is about what the Daily Emerald advertising rate card has been reporting for their monthly visits when school is in session. Enterprising reporters interested in wide exposure for…
$3,000 to $5,000 off tuition, depending on HS GPA and SAT’s. I’m no economist, but I believe they call this price discrimination. Good in that it will get UO more top students with good substitutes for UO, hence more elastic demand. On the other hand these will tend to be wealthier…
Dear CAS Faculty and Staff, On Wednesday, October 3rd, the College will host the first CAS Dean’s Reception of the new academic year. The theme of this reception is welcoming all new CAS faculty and staff, and celebrating those who are newly promoted and/or tenured. I know that the start of…
9/25/2012: Sorry, long post. The gist? If you want action at UO go to Pete DeFazio and your union – the latter is DeFazio’s advice. While Oregon’s public records law website says: Government transparency is vital to a healthy democracy. Public scrutiny helps ensure that government spends tax dollars wisely…
9/25/2012: The RG’s Diane Dietz digs into the student debt situation, with a focus on UO. Some tidbits: The prisons’ share is $1.36 billion in the current two-year budget, compared with the $691 million for the entire, seven-school Oregon University System. Not clear if that includes direct state aid to…
Suck it up, faculty. Press release here. No mention of the percentage of freshmen that are in-state, a politically charged percentage given the New Partnership proposals that the legislature will face this winter. I’m guessing this means it’s less than half. Word down at the faculty club is that Roger Thompson’s…