3/5/2019 update: As Milton Friedman often said, it sure is easy for Rob Mullens to spend the University of Oregon’s money. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a contract that pays an employee 70% of a year’s salary if they voluntarily quit. WTF? Reporter Gabriel Ornelas has the story in…
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UO’s federal accreditors, the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, requires that every university board “regularly evaluates its performance to ensure its duties and responsibilities are fulfilled in an effective and efficient manner.” When I requested copies of these evaluations for our Board, I imagined I’d get some sort of…
From InsideHigherEd, here. UO uses a “holistic admissions” policy which includes race/ethnicity as a factor. It’s a bit surprising to see how little support this has outside academia: Here’s what people think should matter: And I was surprised to learn that our use of race/ethnicity is unusual. According to a…
Board of Trustees | Finance and Facilities Committee Public Meeting | March 4, 2019 @ 1:30 p.m. Erb Memorial Union | Redwood Auditorium Convene – Call to order, roll call – Approval of December 2018 FFC minutes (Action) Meeting materials here. 1. Quarterly Financial Reports: Jamie Moffitt, Vice President for Finance…
The Trustees have moved their meetings from the Ford Alumni Center to the EMU Redwood room. Board Chair Chuck Lillis is absent, caught in a Denver snow storm. Board of Trustees | Academic and Student Affairs Committee Public Meeting | March 4, 2019 @ 10:00 a.m. Erb Memorial Union |…
Back in 2013, under pressure from Phil Knight and other Duck boosters, the Oregon Legislature passed SB270, which allowed UO to set its own independent board. The hope was that, free from the shackles of state bureaucracy and control, and with a board of wealthy and politically well connected trustees,…
Wherever he ends up, he will presumably take some of UO’s best administrators with him. Our loss, their gain. At https://www.boisestate.edu/presidentialsearch/
takes a break from tearing the stuffing out of a leftover prop from Apple’s OS X 10.5 “Leopard” release.
Alex Zielinski has the report here.
The Chronicle has the story here: … The system, which announced the decision on Thursday, had sought one contract that would cover the cost of subscriptions to Elsevier’s trove of journals in addition to the processing fees that make all UC research published in Elsevier journals freely available to all.…
That’s the news. Unclear how this will affect research metrics. Now official, thanks to an email from the FC’s Chief Strategic Communicator: Dear Colleagues, This week the Faculty Club is meeting in an igloo in Hendricks Park, custom-built by a hardy group of volunteers from the Physics Department. Please dress…
Or just Rob Mullens’s? A skeptical John Canzano has the story here: I did some digging into the proposal Pac-12 Conference commissioner Larry Scott has pitched his bosses. The “Pac-12 NewCo” plan involves selling a 10 percent stake in a newly created media-rights holding company to private-equity investors. The deal…
Kudos to the OA’s and staff who have continued to work through all this. While closing the university is a semi-vacation for many of us, for them it is extra work and worry: Due to inclement weather, the University of Oregon is closed Wednesday, February 27, 2019. All events and…
In addition to their athletic activities they’ll be required to maintain satisfactory academic progress in a degree program, as monitored by NCAA Faculty Athletic Representative Tim Gleason. Under NCAA cartel rules, their compensation will be limited to tuition, housing, and a $2000 annual bonus. Deadspin has the news here.
“Softball”. No kidding: IAAC Agenda Monday, February 25 | 2:30 PM Johnson Hall Conference Room Update on NCAA legislation (Tim Gleason) Softball (Tim Gleason) Student athlete health and wellness philosophy, sexual health/assault, healthy relationships, transitions to/from college, etc (Katie Harper) Kelli Matthews UO | SOJC | PR