President Schill has mounted an ambitious campaign to increase UO’s four-year graduation rate through better advising, predictive analytics, and what a Nobel prize winning economist might call “nudges” such as encouraging new students to self-identify as the “Class of 2021” etc. Some have suggested that, in comparison to Schill, previous…
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In the NYT today: … The Justice Department is exploring possible racketeering, money laundering and honest services fraud charges related to two track and field world championship events and the business executives who have consulted on bids for various other elite competitions, according to one of the subpoenas, which was…
DRAFT Location: EMU 145 & 146 (Crater Lake Rooms) 3:00 – 5:00 P.M. All videos for previous meetings are generally posted below within 24 hours. To watch live streamed meetings, click: WATCH. 3:00 P.M. Call to Order Introductory Remarks; Senate President Chris Sinclair Update from Johnson Hall 3:30 P.M. Approval of Minutes, January…
Technically it was Lane County Circuit Judge Lauren Holland who did this, acting at Paul Weinhold’s request. And presumably Weinhold was acting on CoD Dean Christoph Lindner‘s request, and UO General Counsel Kevin Reed went along with the money-grab because he hadn’t done his homework. Here’s what I’ve been able to…
Update: Apparently many readers are too busy trying to improve their metrics to read the details of the Dean’s message below, much less act on them. So here’s a visual with the key words you should throw in when drafting IHP proposals or presenting to the Board of Trustees. Thanks to…
Update: The Sundaram Tagore film on “Louis Kahn’s Tiger City” will be on Feb 22nd, not this Th. Also some people are reporting that the equestrian painting below is actually of Provost Banavar, and that Pres Schill’s portrait has already been put in Johnson Hall next to the painting honoring the work…
The news from Tucson: Ex-UA dean files $2M pay equality lawsuit against Regents; provost resigns … According to the lawsuit, Patricia MacCorquodale, who has worked at the UA since 1978 and was dean of the school’s Honors College for almost 25 years, was “dramatically underpaid” — sometimes as much as…
Long-time Oregonian journalist David Sarasohn: It’s clear, as we mark the one-year mark of the Donald Trump show, that the Official Dislike list includes immigrants, many of the countries they come from, corporate taxes and reporters who ask annoying questions. But there is also a clear dislike, and multiple moves…
I’ve been hearing a lot about assessment of learning outcomes lately. The Chronicle has a skeptical story about this stuff, here: … Because it’s fairly obvious that assessment has not caused (and probably will not cause) positive changes in student learning, and because it’s clear that this has been an…
Help! I will happily buy a Martini at the faculty club for someone who can explain this.
I received this email last night – cleverly sent out just after Bob Keefer’s EW deadline: From: Oregon Bach Festival <[email protected]> Subject: Announcing OBF 2018 Date: January 17, 2018 at 7:45:05 PM PST Reply-To: [email protected] OBF is pleased to announce the 2018 lineup of concerts, community programs, and social events!…
A teardown seems a bit extreme. I wonder what sort of city approval this will require. Ken Goe has the report in the Oregonian: An IAAF team has been in Portland and Eugene this week to discuss preparations for the 2021 World Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The championships are more…
The Chronicle reports on the recent LA Times Op-Ed: College athletics, wrote Victoria Jackson in an explosive op-ed for the Los Angeles Times on Thursday, are the “21st century Jim Crow.” Ms. Jackson, a sports historian at Arizona State University, drew from her scholarly research and from her own experience as a Division…
My priors are yes, yes, yes, but I’m open to debate and amendment. Live feed here: DRAFT Location: EMU 145 & 146 (Crater Lake Rooms) 3:00 – 5:00 P.M. 3:00 P.M. Call to Order Introductory Remarks; Senate President Chris Sinclair Update from Johnson Hall 3:30 P.M. Approval of Minutes, November…
That would be Oregon State University’s Jock Mills and his ever helpful Government Affairs Office. I have no idea what UO’s lobbyists think. Does anyone? 2018 Short Session Preview This update provides a brief preview of the 2018 legislative session including appropriations and policy bills.The 2018 legislature will convene on…