An excellent op-ed in the RG here.
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Her work for the Senate’s Task Force to Address Sexual Violence and Survivor Support was extraordinary. What a loss for UO. Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to announce that Carol Stabile has agreed to serve as acting associate dean of social sciences for the coming academic year. She will be assuming those…
This provocative and intelligent piece in the Chronicle does not regurgitate Chuck Lillis and Ben Carson’s recycled arguments about deadwood liberal professors.
Reporter Will Campbell has dug into the history and found a few brave (i.e. tenured) souls willing to speak on the record. Read it all here. The start: The History of BERT BERT was created in May 1999, when a comment made by a student sparked a protest that resulted in…
The harassment allegation sure is familiar, but the terrorism accusation is a new one. The ACLU took his case pro bono. Here’s the report from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: By Alex Morey July 26, 2016 Adams State University will settle a federal lawsuit brought by a former ASU…
Hard to say, according to this report in the Daily Emerald. While Altman and baseball are heavily subsidized by the football players, there’s some chance UO – or more likely Rob Mullens’s Duck athletic enterprise – made some money off the recent Inter Milan / Paris Saint-Germain match. The RG’s Austin Meek has asked…
“13,000 will die … millions of others will be displaced or lose access to power, running water, and functioning sewer systems.” The most likely outcome, however, is still that Clinton wins, the Democrats take back the Senate, and PLC stands for at least another 10 years. The FEMA risk analysis is…
Congratulations, Bruce! Colleagues, As we aggressively continue our search for the next dean of the Charles H. Lundquist College of Business, it is my pleasure to share with you that Bruce Blonigen, Philip H. Knight Professor of Social Science, has accepted our offer to serve as interim dean. While some may…
The Final Order in regard to the Oregon Board of Psychologist Examiners investigation of Counseling Center Director Shelly Kerr’s decision to comply with UO Deputy General Counsel Doug Park’s request for alleged basketball gang-rape survivor Jane Doe’s confidential counseling records was made today. You can download the thorough report from Oregon Administrative…
7/22/2016 CORRECTION: I emailed VPSA Robin Holmes about this, relaying the suggestion for stickers in the comments. She quickly replied that the info *will* be on the cards. Good news: Bill, I checked with the Director of the EMU and the card office to confirm that we will indeed be…
This Comedy Central show starts with some statistics on college sexual violence, including the finding in a recent NBER working paper that reported rapes of college age women increase 41% on football home-game weekends. Brenda Tracy then recounts the story of her 1998 gang-rape by Oregon State football players, explaining the pressure…
7/20/2016 update: “What If” President Schill carried through on his promise to redirect 160over90’s branding bucks to new faculty hires? He has, as “Around the O” reports here. 1/20/2015: Faculty delight as “inane and insulting” 160over90 branders chased off campus Kellie Woodhouse of InsideHigherEd has a report with many interesting quotes, here: The University of Oregon’s…
The NYT has the story here: The former Baylor president Kenneth W. Starr complained that he had never seen it. Baylor’s alumni association called for its release. The Big 12 Conference has asked for it — twice. But there is one problem. It — a written report of an investigation…
The NYT has the story here. Just kidding about the buy-outs, that deal is only for UO B-School deans.
Diane Dietz has the story in the RG: … The nearly $202 million received in the past 12 months fell short of the $215 million received in 2014-15, but exceeds the amount raised in previous years. In the year since Schill took the helm, the giving has shifted in favor…