Raghu Parthasarathy { 1 Thanks, all, for the pointers to various books. Since this is a 10--days-old thread, it is unlikely that anyone... }
vhils { Here's a related question that seems right up your alley UOmatters: How much is Nike actually paying to kick out... }
honest Uncle Bernie { Yes, "Unsettled" by Steven Koonin (former professor of physics at Caltech, and provost, i.e. impeccable credentials) is worth reading. I... }
honest Uncle Bernie { Serge, a tad parochial yourself, perhaps? No visual art, music, science or mathematics? }
Prosser { I think the problem is having a law professor as president. The typical law professor, like Schill, only has a... }
Serge Protektor { Is this what happens when you become a university president without an adequate grounding in philosophy, ethics, literature, and history? }
just different { ^^^THIS. Enough already with rich people and their "independent" politics. }
CSN { I, a faculty member, would certainly prefer Berkeley North or MIT in the Woods. I, a faculty member, have very... }
Townie { According to the BoT packet, UO raised $920.3m for sports during the capital campaign (~10 yrs total). (pg 101, https://trustees.uoregon.edu/sites/trustees1.uoregon.edu/files/2022-05/may-2022-consolidated-board-packet-v.3_1.pdf)... }
Truth { None of them have ever been a university president so why hire them. No experience. No professional relationships. Lien hiring... }
CSN { Also, did you click "four-year" on that graph? Oregon is 5th from the bottom. Only New Hampshire, Vermont, Arizona, and... }
CSN { One of the issues facing UO is that faculty are paying into the PEBB insurance pool, which is one of... }
Dog { Recent data on state appropriations per student FTE can be found here: https://shef.sheeo.org/report/#education-appropriations 1. Oregon is not as bad in... }
thedude { I'm pretty sure people working at univs with 0 state funding still got raises even without retention. See boulder, UVA,... }
Former UO AVP Charles Martinez finalist for OSU President job https://t.co/F3yQmneqBI,May 21
RT @mikeitzkowitz: You know what, I don’t mind that 97.3% of all regulatory actions enforced by college accreditors have nothing to do… https://t.co/YKw4x2yA5T,May 19