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…
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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…
From the important NYT report here. Read it all. Yes, the universities that educate students from modest backgrounds face big challenges, particularly state budget cuts. But many of them are performing much better than their new stereotype suggests. They remain deeply impressive institutions that continue to push many Americans into the…
I thought readers might be interested in this cutting edge example of the sort of out of the box thinking that should define best practices for UO faculty: PALGRAVE COMMUNICATIONS | ARTICLE OPEN “Excellence R Us”: university research and the fetishisation of excellence Samuel Moore, Cameron Neylon, Martin Paul Eve, Daniel Paul…
The RG had a story Friday on this very interesting man:
Rob Mullens and his new $3.6M football coach sure know how to pick ’em. The Oregonian’s Andrew Greif has the latest on where Coach Willie Taggart’s road to Duck football excellence is taking the University of Oregon, here: Five days after his hiring was officially announced by the Oregon Ducks, co-offensive coordinator David Reaves is…