Last updated on 03/05/2019
UO’s federal accreditors, the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, requires that every university board
“regularly evaluates its performance to ensure its duties and responsibilities are fulfilled in an effective and efficient manner.”
When I requested copies of these evaluations for our Board, I imagined I’d get some sort of substantial performance review, with input from stakeholders referencing the Board’s charge and its successes and failures on issues such as state funding, tuition increases, fundraising, finances, fiduciary oversight, etc.
Silly me. Our board’s evaluations are just surveys of the board itself, conducted by the BOT Secretary Angela Wilhelms. No outside input at all. I had to make a public records request just to find out if they were even doing them. Full docs for 2015 and 2017 here, snippets below. Our Trustees are particularly unhappy with the uncivilized and disrespectful public comments they must listen too – and in all fairness some have been pretty out there:
Ah, “uncivilized.” The mating call of the overlord.
Inflammatory speech is the best kind of speech. Somebody needs to light a fire under their collective asses.
I rate my comment a 10/10 and I agree with my rating.
For any meeting, the main factor for remembering it fondly will be the food. Moving from boxed lunches to fresh breakfast will surely enhance the quality of future board applicants.
Sorry folks, I’m gonna need to see this expressed in metrics or it doesn’t count.
Agreed. Perhaps someone should keep track of each trustees questions and rate them on a 5 point scale?