1/4/2012: One way to build a better university would be to invest in academics – as Richard Lariviere’s New Partnership proposed. Or there’s Dave Frohnmayer’s trickle down theory – sell out to the jocks and pretend. From the RG editorial a few days ago: Former UO President Dave Frohnmayer has no…
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The OEIB website is here, pretty transparent. This is interesting, on local boards, from the 1/3/2011 meeting: 1/3/2011: In all the craziness around the Lariviere firing, I think I missed this 12/1/2011 Betsy Hammond story on the extremely confusing situation involving Kitzhaber’s plans for governance of Oregon education. Raises more…
1/3/2011: That’s the University of Pennsylvania Faculty Committee on Athletics, and the date is 1918. The coach didn’t do enough character building. Plus he lost the Rose Bowl, to Oregon. When did university faculties give up our control over athletics? Why? The Chronicle has a story on the efforts of…
January: Phil Barnhart discusses legislative opposition to a UO Board February: Pernsteiner’s Treetops scam revealed in Register Guard UO Professor Dennis Howard shows UO athletic success hurts giving to UO academics Frances Dyke “decides to retire” – in September 2012 March: Frohnmayer’s golden parachute deal April: Multi-million ORSA / Huron…
1/1/2012: Joe Nocera, the NYT columnist better known for stories on corruption in the financial sector, finds plenty of dirt in college athletics, and lays out a workable plan for cutting the burdens on the academic side, and shifting some of the benefits from overpaid athletic directors and coaches to…
12/30/2011: The docket for the 1/6/2012 OUS Board meeting is out. Summer session tuition increases (very large for law school) and this perk for Dr. Pernsteiner: 5. Academic title can be assigned to staff members in unclassified academic service, whether the type of service is teaching, research, extension, administration or other service. Deans, vice presidents, presidents, Chancellor, and vice chancellors may have the academic rank of professor as determined by each institution’s criteria. A commenter points out this may be Pernsteiner’s exit strategy. Sounds possible: Kitzhaber appoints a new OEIB boss, Pernsteiner…
for the football team, that is: “On Monday, in their third consecutive BCS appearance, the Ducks will show Wisconsin what they are made of,” said Governor Kitzhaber. “I can’t wait to watch Oregon do what it does best – come together as a team to get the job done. The…
12/30/2011: Readers have asked me to get information on the cost and plans for UO – Portland, for the Huron consulting contracts, and for info on the VP for Diversity search. I’ve been asking VP for Portland Wendy Larson for the Portland info, and I’ve filed PR requests for Huron…
12/29/2011: Review article From Steve Weiberg in USA Today discusses how the faculty and administration have lost control at many schools. It will be interesting to see if Bob Berdahl attempts to deal with this at UO, or passes it on to the permanent president. The article raises an interesting…
12/28/2011: Word around the Oregon Hall water cooler is that at least one key administrator will be leaving UO soon for a substantial promotion at another AAU school, and that others are looking more locally. Hardly surprising, given the administrative disarray and the weird internal politics of this place. Berdahl…
12/28/2011: Not state appropriations – so student tuition? It’s all fungible anyway. I like that clause for spouse and dependent children. Our administrators are quite thorough when it comes to nailing down their perks. Go Ducks! Full contract here. She gets a free car, just like Bean – and…
12/28/2011: Pernsteiner has been consulting with Senate President Kyr and acting Provost Lorraine Davis (WTF?) on names. It will be a closed search, so it’s important the committee include people the faculty trusts. There will be 15 or so people, 5 faculty. Pernsteiner gets the final pick, probably early next…