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Posts tagged as “Diversity”

Political diversity at UO

10/29/2012: The University of Iowa Law School was sued in 2009 for failing to hire a conservative instructor. The ruling just came out, and is described by Peter Schmidt in the Chronicle: In a case in which the University of Iowa College of Law stood accused of political bias for…

Portland, Huron, Diversity

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…

Off topic

12/7/2011: Gay rights, human rights. Good for Ms Clinton for using our power for this cause. And on a UO specific topic, read this ODE piece by Josephine Woolington, who gets some honest, revealing quotes on a subject that is shields up for most everyone.

Robin Holmes FAQ on OMAS

10/31/2011: Better late than never. The students who oppose this have a blog here. Center for Multicultural Academic Excellence Responses to Recent Questions 1. Is OMAS being eliminated? You will no longer see the name Office of Multicultural Academic Support (OMAS).  However, all of the current staff of OMAS will…

OMAS to close?

10/26/2011: An anonymous correspondent reports that VP Robin Holmes is closing the Office of Multicultural Academic Success and replacing it with something called CMAE, the Center for Multicultural Access and Excellence. They point readers toward uotruth.tumblr.com for more information and documents, and say that students, staff, and faculty are organizing…