9/22/2011: His math makes no sense, but we appreciate the sentiment. Op-Ed here:
The OUS has identified eight comparator universities against which to evaluate the UO, ranging from the University of California at Santa Barbara to the University of Michigan. Based on that scale, UO salaries for tenured faculty in comparable fields were just 85 percent of the average last year. After the increase, it’s 97 percent (and, yes, that includes PERS).
The data for administrators and non-tenured faculty is more anecdotal, but the gap was real. And considering the UO is bursting at the seams with record undergraduate enrollment — including record out-of-state and international enrollment, which pays the highest tuition rates — its non-state revenues are also booming.
Any successful business in a comparable situation would reinvest a significant portion of those revenues in its workforce without a second thought. So should a public university. The fact that President Lariviere’s action is so controversial says less about the economy than about a state that talks excellence while pursuing mediocrity.
What is wrong with Jack Roberts’ math?
The claim that UO went from 85% to 97% sounds a tad implausible. But I heard that claim come out of UO mouths, at least that was what was reported in the papers.
Talking about raises. What about Huron. I understand their contact is quickly approaching the $5M mark. That is amazing leadership. Converting a $15,000 contract into a $5M one. What are we getting for the $5M. Staff are still heading out the door. Now whom shall we blame? We have a new leader over ORSA, but the same old Mora. Hmmm, do we still blame the previous Assoc. VP? Its been a while. Everything should be honky dory.
math guy – do you have a cite for that 97% quote?
dog on Math
I think what this really means is that
the UO went from 85 to 91% (assuming no raises
at our peers) and then just added the 6% in
for PERS (without known what the equivalent add
in was for the peers).
So I think this is mostly nonsense.
However, across at least the College of Arts
and Sciences, the average raise was on order of
5-7% (with some getting much larger for whatever
reasons) – so we did catch up, at least for now,
nominally, with peer institutions.
But there is no way that faculty 9 month academic pay is now 97% of our peers.
What’s a janitor make at Yale? Let’s get that figure and take it from there.
re 97% parity on salary: they may be adding in the 6% pickup now to “Salary.” With that and the raises, it may well be up to 97%.
Lariviere deserves a big applause for what he did. Let’s hope he can keep going!
Yes it is so very true that the staff in the Office of Research Services and Administration(ORSA)continues to run swiftly away under Moria’s watch! I know that some of you believe that Moria is doing a great job however, the reality is she is in over her head!!
Hmmm, within the last say 7 to 9 months 3 ORSA Post Award staff members have quit. One person started in January 2011 and quit March 2011, the second person started in February 2011 and quit August 2011. The third employee has been employed in ORSA for at least 10 years and has now quit, thanks to this “FANTASTIC” management team. That is Moria Kiltie and two of the Huron consultants Marisa Zuskar who is acting as the AD for Post Award and Tim Patterson who is rarely if ever seen in ORSA.
Is it conflict of intrest for the Huron Consultants to have input into the hiring of an Assistant/Associate Director for Post Award. It seems to me that as long as this TEAM continues to fail searches the longer Huron can stay employed at ORSA.
I wonder when or if the UO administration will wake up and see that this current “MANAGEMENT TEAM” is not working!! The departure of experienced Post Award staff is going to continue which is what this TEAM wants and has been said to the staff in so many words and actions. While Huron Consultants continue to pad their Resumes on the backs of the ORSA employees!
The melt down of ORSA is going to continue as long as this “MANAGEMENT TEAM” remains in place.
Furthermore, I wonder what OUS would say about all of this as well as the FEDs!