Andrew Theen has the story in the Oregonian, here: Phil and Penny Knight, arguably Oregon’s most prominent couple, were recognized earlier this month as the leading philanthropists in the nation. The Chronicle of Philanthropy listed the Nike co-founder and his wife as the top donors in its annual ranking of the…
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Diane Dietz has the report in the RG here: To save money, the University of Oregon is preparing to trim about 75 jobs from its non-tenured faculty, according to United Academics, the labor union representing the faculty. Plans call for reductions of 25 positions from the College of Arts and…
3/1/2017: ESPN picks up the story, here: The University of Oregon is writing a new policy that could make coaches’ disciplinary records inaccessible to the public under Freedom of Information Act laws. According to The Register-Guard, the policy “explicitly says the personnel records of about 1,400 staff members, called ‘officers…
Will Campbell has an excellent data driven story with the history of UO’s failed efforts to fight grade inflation in the Emerald here: … In 2009, when [CAS Associate Dean Ian McNeely] became chair of the Undergraduate Council, the university-wide body that oversees undergraduate education, he became familiar with grade inflation.…
2/24/2017: The Washington Post takes a break from their coverage of President Donald Trump’s decision to ban NYT reporters from his press briefings to pick up the story on Duck coach Willie Taggart’s decision to ban Oregonian reporter Andrew Greif, from UO student-journalist Kenny Jacoby: The WaPo report is a bit sloppy though,…
The UO Alumni magazine has the story on this remarkable woman’s life here.
Unfortunately it’s the list of the top 10 *worst* universities for free speech. The Oregonian’s Andrew Theen has the report here. The FIRE list is here. I am quoted by Theen as arguing that top 10 is a bit unfair, given President Schill’s recent decision to drop the proposed restrictions…
Saul Hubbard has a summary in the RG here, and the economists’s report is here. The bad news is expenditures, particularly PERS. The state seems hell-bent on getting from the current 70% to 100% fully-funded within 20 years, no matter how much damage that does to the economy. Why not use the $70B…
Sorry, long post. The UO Public Records Office currently has many unfilled requests for public documents, going back as far as August. They haven’t yet filled any of the requests they’ve received since January 17, more than a month ago, except for boilerplate requests for coaches contracts or directories. A lot of…
That would be the Creighton University law faculty. The Omaha World-Herald has the news here: A professor at Creighton University has agreed to return to the law school today after he was temporarily suspended by the school’s dean. Kenneth Melilli, who won the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award for Teaching…
That would be Oregon State University. These posts from Jock Mills are getting a little more circumspect given the backroom dealing now going on in Salem, but still pretty interesting: From: “Mills, Jock” <[email protected]> Subject: [Government_Relations_Update] Salem Update: The first weeks of the 2017 session, Ways & Means roadshow hearings…
Dean of the School of Law Four candidates for the dean of the School of Law will be on campus to meet with faculty, students, and campus leaders beginning Thursday, February 16. Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to attend the public presentations by each candidate. The names and background…
Steve Mims has the news in the RG here: Oregon drew an average of 7,467 fans last year, but that number will rise to 9,895 this season after another full house of 12,364 shows up for the home finale. That is the largest average attendance since 9,984 watched at McArthur…
Update: In the Chronicle. Seriously? Stanford is now firing the followers of Seneca and Epictetus? Students petition to reinstate university lawyer fired for talking to press That would be at Stanford: http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/13/stanford-students-launch-petition-to-reinstate-attorney/
It’s nice waking up to an email like this, and being able to tell the very effective TPM task force their work is done. One less weekly meeting! More on the Senate website here: https://blogs.uoregon.edu/senate/2017/02/14/open-mike-free-expression-on-campus-rights-and-some-responsibilities/ From: Mike Schill <[email protected]> Subject: Time, Place and Manner rules Date: February 14, 2017 at 5:51:47…