4/20/2012: That’s the rumor from the Executive Leadership Team washroom. Word is they are trying to keep it quiet so they can appoint a new AVP without having to go through that troublesome affirmative action compliant public search process. Maybe Davis will shift Moseley over to the job?
UO Matters
4/20/2012: From Insidehighered: … Fichtenbaum repeated Wednesday what he had said during his campaign: union organizing will be a priority. “That certainly is a direction we would like to take the AAUP. Tradition is important and we support the core policies of the AAUP but we need to build an…
4/19/2012: The issue of the net social social value of this blog has come up in the comments. While not even an economist would argue that the revealed preferences of our readers and commenters means it must be positive, there is an argument from history, and from authority – no…
4/19/2012: That’s the word from the ERB on the hearing to consider the UO unionization case: The hearing is set for May 7-9 here in our offices beginning at 9:00 a.m. The notice of the hearing will be posted no later than May 1 on our website (www.oregon.gov/ERB) and the…
4/18/2012: Springfield school district graduated 897 HS students last year. 258 dropped out before graduation. 51% of the 2008 graduates have enrolled in college (including 2-year) at some point. 60% of the students are eligible for free or reduced lunch – for a family of four this means income below…
4/19/2012: Here are some documents obtained from the ERB via a public records request. Nothing that interesting except some stuff about the hearing dates and whether there will be transcripts etc. I’ve deleted the letters from individual faculty or groups of faculty supporting or objecting to various aspects of the…
4/18/2012: In case you had no idea what was the source of that sweet smell drifting over from the “student athlete” apartments in The Kilkenny Towers. Patrick Malee has the story in the ODE. ESPN report here. The consensus is that the wide dissemination of the fact that Oregon law…
4/18/2012: At least that’s the word from our normally reliable source in Randy Geller’s office. Starting time is 9:00 AM, Room 340 in the Old Garfield School Building. 528 Cottage Street NE, Salem. More info to come.
4/17/2012: That’s the title of a long post on the union website here. Here are some excerpts with a little commentary: The administration has abandoned its position of neutrality and hired two law firms to run an anti-union strategy aimed at denying employees’ union rights: When we first announced our…
4/14/2012: This is not a pro or anti-union post, just a request for information if you have any. For reasons I’d rather not explain in detail I recently thought I should ask interim Provost Lorraine Davis, who is in charge of UO faculty personnel issues, what the terms of employment…
for Sara Ganim, a 24-year-old newly graduated student reporter, for her work on the Penn State scandals.
4/13/2012: That’s the rumor, from an anonymous correspondent. They recently hired a rather controversial VPFA, Monica Rimai. And their website reports some serious budget problems. UO’s operations in Portland are also not doing well either – reportedly losing $3.5 million a year. Good thing we didn’t let Frohnmayer and Bean…
Update: ODE story here. 4/13/2012: Rumor down at the faculty club is that he’s up for a job “in Chicago.” Update from Bill Graves: It’s president of the Field Museum of Natural History. Previous president was paid $509K. And from an anonymous correspondent, this great article in the Trib: The…
4/13/2012: In the Oregonian: “Wow. Just what cash-strapped prospective college students really need: Another web site”
4/12/2012: Sent out yesterday at 10AM, sorry for the delay in posting, people don’t always forward me the administration’s confidential emails as quickly as they should. Emphasis added: To: [email protected]: cas-heads: Urgent information request due today 4 p.m. Dear department heads, We have been asked by the Graduate School to…