The Emerald has the story here. Views differ: Greg Bryant, who works in IT, felt that an internal discussion, instead of hiring investigators, would have worked just as well. “These [IT workers] are people who have been here for decades. They’ve solved problems all the time, and they have all…
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You know who you are, but chill, this post is about firewood. Good news – I’ve looked through the policy library, and there’s nothing preventing UO faculty, staff, or administrators from bringing in a chainsaw and helping themselves to a few of the hundreds of cords of firewood now lying…
I’ve just posted the beginning and end. Read it all here: UO is right to insist upon cultural competency Get over it!” “It’s no big deal!” “You’re too sensitive!” “There are people with real problems in the world!” “Let it go and move on with your life!” As an African-American…
That’s a book I’m going to want to read. More here.
From InsideHigherEd: Jobs for economics Ph.D.s — whether they wish to work in or outside academe — are plentiful, according to new data from the American Economic Association. At the end of 2016, the association had recorded 3,673 listings for positions for Ph.D.s in the calendar year. That’s up 11.2 percent…
UO Law prof Ofer Raban, on the Oregonian Op-Ed page, identifying a series of problems with the investigation report commissioned by the UO general counsel’s office from Edwin A. Harnden & Shayda Z. Le of Barran Liebman, LLP, one of several firms specializing in representing employers in legal disputes that UO currently…
And 3,999 UOM comments, compared to 0 for Around the O and the CAS Dean’s blog combined Although it’s getting closer for searches:
The Duck coaches, that is. The NCAA’s student-athletes get unpaid internships with brain damage. Kenny Jacoby has the latest in the Emerald here. And those coaches aren’t using those millions to pay it forward when it comes to the annual University Employees Charitable Fund Drive. Just seven donations from Athletics, with two days…
12/29/2016 repost: Thought I’d celebrate the upcoming new year with some reposts from UO’s past: 4/17/2012 update: Steve Duin of the Oregonian wrote some good stuff supporting Lariviere’s New Partnership. But he’s not so happy with UO on this issue and has some great quotes. 4/17/2012: The short version: UO’s…
UO President Michael Schill is a former UCLA law school dean. UO General Counsel Kevin Reed is a former UCLA general counsel. Eugene Volokh is a rather well known UCLA law professor, whom Reed has asked for advice on the proposed TPM free speech restrictions. Quoting from Volokh’s UCLA webpage: Eugene…
Slate has the latest here. Thanks to a reader for the link. The professor apparently tweeted an obscure reference to Toussaint L’Ouverture. His dean didn’t get the sarcasm, or the First Amendment, so his job is now on the line. The professor’s job that is. Should be an interesting meeting.
12/24/2016: The efforts by Duck PR flacks Dave Williford & Craig Pintens to get the Daily Emerald sports reporters to stop covering these assaults have backfired. Kenny Jacoby has the latest violence in the Daily Emerald. It looks like the UO administration kept the alleged sexual assault(s) hidden from campus for about 2 months:…
Diane Dietz has the latest in the RG: STATEMENT FROM UO LAW PROFESSOR NANCY SHURTZ REGARDING IMPROPER RELEASE OF INFORMATION CONCERNING AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION ABOUT A HALLOWEEN PARTY HOSTED IN HER HOME On Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, the University of Oregon improperly released a flawed investigative report into events surrounding…
From Provost Coltrane’s letter: … the violation and its resulting impact on students in the law school and university outweighed free speech protections provided under the Constitution and our school’s academic freedom policies. The report on this stupid and offensive Halloween costume was finished 3 weeks ago, and is now…
Full professors down from 89% to 87%, Associates down from 96% to 95%, Assistants down from 95% to 94%. The union raises are due in January, but of course pay will also increase at other universities. 2014-15: 2015-16: Obviously these numbers do not include the cost of benefits, which is unusually…