From President Schill: University of Oregon community members, I have received recommendations from the students, faculty, and staff who comprise the Tuition and Fee Advisory Board (TFAB) and am now ready to receive campus input on an innovative guaranteed tuition model for undergraduates that deserves serious consideration. This tuition plan…
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The Daily Emerald’s Bruno Crolla has the story here. Meanwhile there appears to be no truth to the rumor that the Faculty Club’s Emergency Response Team will be giving out free drink coupons to anyone with a student ID tonight.
From the Fed. Overall, college continues to pay off*, even looking just at early career earnings: Of course labor market outcomes differ by major, sorted here by median wage mid-career: Major Unemployment Rate Underemployment Rate Median Wage Early Career Median Wage Mid-Career Share with Graduate Degree Pharmacy 3.7 28.7 40,000…
From the CAS blog here – which now allows comments!
School of Global Studies: We Want Your Input!
The College of Arts and Sciences is considering the creation of a School of Global Studies to be located within CAS and we want your input!
We believe that such a school could offer a new and exciting structure for organizing our many globally focused departments and programs. Organized around our linguistic and regional strengths, the School will bring together units and faculty across the Humanities and Social Sciences divisions to encourage pedagogical innovation, collaborative research and teaching, and publicly engaged learning.
This should be sobering news for those well-paid administrators who hope the rest of us will uncritically swallow their hype about the Knight Campus as an engine for economic development and good jobs. There’s no doubt it will pay off for some: But the long-run external net benefits are far…
Dear Colleagues, The Faculty Club will be open this week during the usual hours, with gatherings on Wednesday and Thursday from 5:00 to 8:00. Wednesday will involve general hob-nobbing, but Thursday night we will have a special theme. Lee Rumbarger of the Teaching Effectiveness Program (TEP) will deliver the Six-o-Clock…
Point-counterpoint in the ODE here: Background: The Daily Emerald reported last week that the University of Oregon Law School will waive the LSAT requirement for UO undergraduates who have a 3.5 GPA upon graduating and scored in the 85th percentile of the ACT or SAT. Emerald opinion columnists weighed in…
Some buckets are more equal than others. From Carrington Powell in the Daily Emerald: The University of Oregon is updating the Matthew Knight Arena with new enhancements, such as a rebranding and new coach offices, nine years after its construction. … “It’s areas that haven’t been updated from a graphic…
1/22/2020: Burly ironworkers add thick, pulsing veins to Duck’s “University Tower” I thought the original egofice (left) was surprisingly small – some might even say under-endowed. Apparently someone with money was also underwhelmed, and the construction crew has been working double-shifts to add some girth, just in case anyone didn’t…