Dana in the Oregonian in 2014, after the killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner: 12/10/2014: Coach Dana Altman thinks National Anthem is the wrong time to protest racism Our fool of a basketball coach thinks he owns those players. They shouldn’t protest when he’s trying to collect his $2M paycheck,…
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In June 2015 UO projected that debt expense payments for 2021 would be about $43M a year: Now in June 2020 they are projecting debt expense payments for 2021 will be about $58M a year – a $15M increase: Why the increase? Mostly for 30 year bonds sold to build…
UO will be in the red on this deal until at least 2025. It’s all preliminary, as follow up to this RFP, but it’s on the Board of Trustee’s agenda for June 4. The payments are back-loaded – the earnest money deposit is only $150K net – so it’s not going…
They’re going to hold a workshop, some forums, and “potentially a course dedicated to examining structural barriers to racial equity in the COVID-19 era”. Some bragging about what they’ve done over the past 5 years. Maybe some more implicit bias training? No mention of holding more Jeffersonian Dinners with our…
Important Note: Canvas “anonymous” surveys aren’t really anonymous — apparently it’s possible for faculty to identify submissions, though it takes a few steps of deliberate action! It’s therefore a good idea to do one of the following: (i) if using Canvas, be transparent about this flaw, but tell your students…
5/28/2020: Actually the agenda for their June 4th meeting isn’t posted yet, so it’s unclear if this will be among the cost-savings measures to be considered. Maybe they’ll cut baseball instead. 5/15/2020: UO Law School needs $250M to avoid financial exigency It now costs UO’s law school about $170K to…
Just kidding. Our Trustees rely on Angela Wilhelms to spoon-feed them their agenda, and these data will not be on the menu for their June 4 meeting: They have hired a consultant to explain this to them though:
This program has been around for years as a way for employers to reduce hours for a group of employees, rather than layoff a few of them. Normally it’s a mixed bag – employees have their hours and pay reduced by 20-40%, and then get back about 2/3rds of the…
It certainly looks that way. Here are the basic operational metrics, courtesy of Brad Shelton: Total expenditures per student credit hour have increased by 64% in just 4 years. Where is that money going? In response to a question, here are the definitions, available at https://ir.uoregon.edu/ under Operational Metrics, along…
I”m posting this with a new tag, “financial exigency”, as there will surely be a series of proposals of this sort coming. Rumor has it that the Law School and CoD are the next candidates, with Law being the biggest money pit by far. These sorts of changes are core…
Of course she will. From the Oregonian: Oregon Gov. Kate Brown may alter her executive order to allow college athletes in the state to return to on-campus gyms and fitness centers for voluntary activities, provided they otherwise meet other safety protocols. …
Post-live blog: I zoomed in for most of this. The most real part was Rob Mullens talking about possible NCAA cost-cutting measures. Cutting student-athlete scholarships was on the list, reducing the number of assistant coaches was not. 5/23/2020: The Senate turned this committee over to the President’s office back in…
The decisions about UO’s financial and academic response to the coronavirus and its long term consequences are being made by Pres Mike Schill, Provost Patrick Phillips, BoT Secretary Angela Wilhems, VPBP Brad Shelton, CAS Dean Bruce Blonigen, and VPFA Jamie Moffitt in secret. The idea that they would use this…
Our Trustees will meet again on June 4th by Zoom, presumably to approve another $12M Jumbotron for Uncle Phil. Meanwhile, The Daily Emerald has the story on Governor Kate Brown’s nomination of current OHSU VP for Administration and Board Secretary Connie Seeley as the latest UO Trustee, here: Seeley graduated…