The technical term is “lose-lose”. Saul Hubbard has an excellent story on the results of Oregon State Senator Mark Haas’s experiment – free community college tuition regardless of how rich you are – in the RG here: -More grant recipients than the state expected come from well-off and middle class families. That reduces the amount…
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Links to some recent Emerald stories and commentary: UO gifted $12 million more than expected for scholarships in 2016 Administrator selected to support undocumented and international students The tokenization of Ta-Nehisi Coates
The same firm they sued over allegedly defective construction of the Global Scholars dorm. Tran Nguyen has more here.
Yesterday UO’s AVP for Student Success Doneka Scott and Director of Academic Advising Kimberly Johnson talked to the Senate about UO’s efforts to use predictive analytics to help students graduate on time. Today the NYT has a report on similar national efforts – which include using data on social interactions –…
The Chronicle has the news here: Jerry L. Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, has been asked by President Trump to head up a new task force that will identify changes that should be made to the U.S. Department of Education’s policies and procedures, Mr. Falwell told The Chronicle on…
Update: Standing room only for an excellent talk from UC-Davis’s attorney for supporting DACA/Dreamer students. Meanwhile our wily neighbors to the north are taking advantage of Trump’s fear-mongering by offering an easy path to Canadian citizenship for international students who get a Canadian college degree. The catch, according to the NYT,…
That’s the proposal from the Oregon State Marine Board. $10 per year. Kayaks and rafts too. Sailboats over 12′ already need to pay a fee.
FIRE has the report here: At the University of Maryland (UMD), President Wallace Loh issued a statement yesterday in response to a set of 64 demands from ProtectUMD, a coalition of 25 student groups. The demands, issued in late November, include calls for punishing speech protected by the First Amendment.…
Insidehighered has a report on a recent symposium: SAN FRANCISCO — Public trust in colleges and universities is eroding at a time when liberal education is crucial — and institutions must respond aggressively. That was the current running through several panels here Thursday at the annual meeting at the Association…
Jim Barlow has more here.
You can’t make this shit up. Chelsea Gorrow has the story in the RG.
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2017/01/26/disparate-institutions-find-common-core-curriculum-reaps-significant-benefits-essay
Please consider posting your comments on the Senate blog here, rather than on UOM. Thanks. Dear University of Oregon community, Like many universities throughout the nation, the University of Oregon is actively engaging in issues of diversity and inclusion on campus and using them as an opportunity for debate, learning,…
Update: Coaches let coaches get blotto and drive drunk, and our athletic director is cool with that. Austin Meek has the news in the RG. From Andrew Theen in the Oregonian: The school president, who has said previously that he hadn’t set foot on a football field until arriving in Eugene, said he…
I’m not sure if these are “faculty only”. I doubt they’d kick out non-faculty though. Chief Information Officer Candidates for the vice provost and chief information officer will visit campus during the month of January. Information for each candidate will be posted in advance of their visit. Candidate A: January…