9/6/2011: Here’s a new carefully done study on the effects of matching the races of instructors and students. By three NBER economists with data from a CA community college. As paraphrased by Scott Jaschik at Insidehighered.com: Among all nonwhite groups, the study found a gain of 2.9 percentage points in…
UO Matters
9/5/2011: Back in the day, that was about what I paid for tuition in real dollars, if you forget about that year in the ivy league, which I mostly have. This was not because college was cheap, it was because of heavy subsidies from the taxpayers. Those subsidies are gone…
9/5/2011: That’s one college football coach’s summary of his experiences: “Why did you recruit the guy who shot his roommate with a .22?” he begins. “Well, if I hadn’t, he would have been playing at Notre Dame, Texas or Texas A&M. He was the No. 1 defensive back in the…
9/5/2011: Seems like a good idea. Maybe Melinda Grier and Dave Frohnmayer will team up to bid for the contract: RFP Amendment Bidding closes Friday. Currently the DOJ handles litigation, but SB 242 will devolve that to OUS and the universities.
9/3/2011: That’s the headline of today’s RG story by Diane Dietz: When University of Oregon President Richard Lariviere returns from today’s football game in Texas, he will have to produce a report justifying why the UO gave pay raises worth about $1.9 million a year to about 390 administrators several…
9/2/2011: Sure, but this RG article by Diane Dietz, and the quotes by SEIU member Star Holmberg, miss the point. The union is not bargaining with UO, Jim Bean, or Richard Lariviere. They have no authority over this contract. OUS Chancellor Pernsteiner and Vice Chancellor Kenton call the shots. So,…
9/2/2011: Thanks to Margaret Soltan for the link: Chapel Hill – The chairman of the Department of African and Afro-American Studies at UNC has resigned from the department’s top post amid a university investigation into academic irregularities, possibly involving two former football players. … McAdoo, who was kicked off the…
9/2/2011: is a much talked about book by Benjamin Ginsberg at Johns Hopkins on the growing power of administrators. He has a long summary in the Washington Monthly: Between 1975 and 2005, total spending by American higher educational institutions, stated in constant dollars, tripled, to more than $325 billion per…
9/2/2011: “To have an associate professor who is a member of the Devils Diciples and allegedly dealing methamphetamine is quite alarming. I mean, it’s unusual to say the least,” Sheriff Rod Hoops said.
9/1/2011: Word from some slightly jealous professors down at the UO faculty club is that Phil Knight has invited OSP trooper Ray Stallsworth and Baton Rouge Parish sergeant Don Stone to join him in the Nike skybox at Cowboys Stadium. The FAA refuses to verify whether or not Kilkenny has…
8/30/2011: Sustainability and Diversity are college administrators’s favorite buzzwords. Here’s UO doing something sensible on sustainability: spend $10 million on energy saving features for buildings that will save $500,000 a year in utility bills and reduce pollution. (But read the comments.) So, what would a sensible approach to increasing diversity…
Update: How public will this search really be? The ad ends with All communications will be treated confidentially. Nominations, inquiries, and applications (including a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and the names of five references) should be directed electronically in confidence to [email protected]. For further information, please contact: Kim M. Morrisson,…
Documents and links regarding OUS, SB242, and SB909 and the Oregon Education Board. Last updated 8/29/2011. General: Kitzhaber’s chief education adviser is Ben Cannon, who resigned from the legislature for the $105,000 job. Oregon Education Investment Board. Est. by SB909, ostensibly controls K-12 and OUS Tim Nesbitt, head. Members to…
8/27/2011: Bold talk, I know – the competition is Olympic caliber. But read Steve Duin’s Oregonian post and judge for yourself. Last year’s story on Pernsteiner here.
8/27/2011: The RG reports someone took a shot at the Jock Box. Thanks, dumbass. Since Provost Bean signed a deal saying UO’s academic side has to pay for the tutoring, maintenance and repairs, the cost of a new window will apparently come out of the general fund – i.e. regular…