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Klinger’s report on new UO auditor forgets to mention sudden unexplained departure of the old one

By uomatters on 02/15/2016

2/15/2016: In Around the O, here.

11/2/2015: UO’s Chief Auditor Brenda Muirhead leaves UO after 18 months

This is really bad news for trust and transparency at UO. Muirhead was a professional with an impeccable record. Her job was to set up procedures to enhance UO’s minimal internal controls and conduct internal audits. For example, her office confirmed that UO had never done an open affirmative action compatible search for $130K VP for Collaboration Chuck Triplett. They are currently conducting a regularly scheduled audit of the athletics department, etc.

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President Simon Newman of Mount St. Mary’s University goes mental

By uomatters on 02/09/2016

Scott Jaschik of Insidehighered.com has the report here: The president of Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland on Monday fired two faculty members without any faculty review of his action or advance notice. One was a tenured professor who had recently criticized some of the president’s policies. The other was the…

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Was the Bowl of Dicks jury tainted by a secret Masonic blood oath?

By uomatters on 02/08/2016

You be the judge. For background on the Bowl and the verdict read this. The arguments on UO’s plea for remittitur will be in Portland on Friday. Here’s Andrea Coit, the $290 an hour HLGR lawyer whom Randy Geller put in charge of defending UO against former UOPD officer James Cleavenger’s “Bowl of Dicks” lawsuit, on…

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One extra year of college costs students more than a 100% tuition increase

By uomatters on 02/07/2016

Updated with a letter in the ODE from a variety of student groups raising questions about the administration’s seriousness in consulting them about the tuition increases, here: University of Oregon campus community, On Jan. 4, a new term began for most students at the UO, and with that began another round…

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Kilkenny Towers

By uomatters on 02/05/2016

2/5/2016: Kilkenny Towers sold for $30M. Elon Glucklich has the story in the RG here. 2/21/2012: ODE reporter Deborah Bloom teams up with investigative reporter Jeff Manning from the Oregonian to produce a fascinating story on how UO’s former Athletic Director Pat Kilkenny developed the Courtside and Skybox apartments next…

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Your comments wanted on yet another pointless strategic plan with no budget

By uomatters on 02/03/2016

Plenty of buzzwords though. The deadline to comment on UO’s “strategic framework” is today. In Around the O, here. The document is meant to complement the UO’s mission statement and the 2009 Academic Plan, not replace either. Further, the framework is not written to be a “plan”—it does not contain metrics or specific tactics—and…

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Schill and Marcus lance Gottfredson and Coltrane’s festering CAS budget boil

By uomatters on 02/02/2016

Don’t blame the physicians. Interim CAS Dean Andrew Marcus sent this blunt and prescient letter to then President Gottfredson and Provost Coltrane two years ago. I can’t remember where I got it – probably from my stash of presidential archives. PDF here. In it Marcus lays out the budget problems that…

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