Diane Dietz uses the case of UO’s Lambda Chi to ask these and other questions, here.
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The administration’s bargaining proposal to cut real faculty pay is here. The well is dry, Jamie Moffitt is telling us. And that’s what she’s going to tell the UO Board of Trustees in their closed session on union bargaining on Friday.
But forensic accountant Howard Bunsis thinks Jamie Moffitt is wrong. And he’s got the data to prove it. The UAUO faculty union has now posted the full Bunsis video, in all its glory:
Part 1: https://youtu.be/
The 82 powerpoint slides are here, but I encourage you to watch the video to get the explanations. Bunsis gives these sorts of talks at universities all over the country, and he has done a particularly thorough job for UO:
I don’t see any redactions – unlike Moffitt’s:
The RG has the story here, from the AP’s Jonathan Cooper: SALEM — The presidents of Oregon universities are pledging to limit tuition increases if the Legislature agrees to increase higher education funding over the next two years. University administrators have spent most of the year pushing aggressively for a…
Wednesday June 3: Committee meetings Thursday June 4: Full Board Friday June 5th: Executive session on union bargaining, board members meet with faculty and staff I’m doing some spotty live-blogging below. I’ve put the headings and some items of potential interest in bold in the agendas below, check the Agenda links for the…
Hello Professor Harbaugh, I am so sorry for the confusion however, I just sent in my course evaluation thinking you were another one of my professors! You both have the name William. Please disregard what I wrote although you may be a great singer and guitar player that was meant…
UO has two VPAA’s, a hangover from Mike Gottfredson and Jim Bean’s byzantine and top heavy org chart: Current VPAA #2 Barbara Altmann is leaving for Bucknell, here are the finalists to replace her: Colleagues: We present, for your consideration, an outstanding pool of finalists for Senior Vice Provost for…
Nik Streng has the story in the Emerald, here. Apparently the athletic department will not let current cheerleaders and the coaches talk to UO’s student press, but Streng has obtained some interesting quotes from others.
Brenda Tracy is the survivor of a sexual assault by two Oregon State football players and two others, 16 years ago. She went public after newspapers broke the story of the alleged UO basketball player gang rape of Jane Doe. John Canzano published Ms Tracy’s horrible and courageous story in the Oregonian,…
25 years ago UW-Madison gave me a full-ride PhD fellowship, funded by an endowment from the professor who figured out how to put vitamin-D in milk, and then gave the patent to the state. Now the Republican Governor and state legislature are trying to destroy the place: They’ve left in the perks for the coaches, of course.…
UO journalism professor Peter Laufer has an Op-Ed opposing anonymous comments in the RG, here: Anonymous online commenting irresponsible What is the rationale — other than a lust for website clicks — when otherwise responsible newspaper publishers allow anonymous commentary to pollute news stories? Professor Laufer is very good on the costs…
From a letter sent May 22nd:
The agendas for meetings this Wednesday – Friday are now posted here. With the UO administration currently proposing to cut the faculty’s real wages, this sticks out:
Here’s an update on the status of the SEIU negotiations. Anyone know anything about the UOPD?
That would be me. The president-elect will be elected by the Senate at the June 3rd meeting, and serves one year as Senate VP, and then becomes Senate President the following year. Randy Sullivan (Chemistry) was elected last year, and will be president for 2015-16. If I’m elected I’d have to…
MEMORANDUM Date: May 29, 2015 To: University of Oregon Faculty and Staff From: Adriene Lim, Dean of Libraries, Mark Watson, Associate Dean, Research Services Subject: Reductions in FY16 Library Collections Purchases We are writing to inform the university community that, due to continued inflation in library collections costs, we must…
Just kidding. She doesn’t. Her report is here. All fluff. Here’s what really happened: 4.9 US14/15-91: COIA Request for Member Senate Vote on Possible Presidential Commission; Senate Executive Committee NCAA FAR Tim Gleason has written at length in opposition to having the Senate consider this resolution without sending it…