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Strike Next Year? While we are making good progress on non-economic articles at the bargaining table, the administration has made only minor movements towards our salary needs. Soon we will send another message about the very real possibility of a strike next academic year. Many steps must be taken before…

It’s a serious question. I have no idea, and “creativity, political and strategic acumen, and wise counsel” is the kind of thing your boss writes when he’s not sure either. Dear colleagues, I am writing to announce that Tim Inman, vice president for government and community relations and university secretary,…

Dear UO faculty and staff colleagues, It is my pleasure to announce that Carol Stabile has been named dean of the Robert D. Clark Honors College. Carol has served as interim dean since 2020. She was selected following a national search with input from our incoming Provost and Senior Vice…

Congrats are due to Senate Pres Gerard Sandoval, VP Alison Schmitke, and I’m sure many others who made this happen. It sounds like an expensive agreement, although if we go by revealed preference President Scholz must have thought it was cheaper than the alternative. Or maybe it’s just that UO…

Or maybe they have a different agenda? What to Watch For: University President Michael Schill gears up for congressional testimony

Congrats to Thompson, and good luck to Brooks in a crazy year for admissions. My experiences w/ Brooks were all positive, including one year where the TFAB convinced Schill to devote a good chunk of a tuition increase to increased need-based scholarships. Dear colleagues, I am writing to announce that…

It used to be that UO’s daily press email included a link to pretty much every news story that mentioned UO, good or bad. For example under Pres Gottfredson we got links to the local and national stories about the basketball rape allegations, the Me Too demonstration, and even this…

In the Emerald, here, focusing on carbon divestment. This is pretty much as I remember the history, although Dreiling was kind enough to omit the nastygrams UO Foundation CIO Jay Namyet sent the students.

Shortly after accusing the union of “cherry-picking” its list of overpaid administrators to come up with the result that top admins are paid 99.4% of comparators while faculty are only paid 84%, one of the union team members used the H word to describe how the faculty felt after the…

His last offer was another round of real pay cuts. How insulting will he be today? Show up or zoom in to find out. Of course he won’t be there himself, he’s got people to do that for him.

Full disclosure: When I was young I also did some dumb things late at night, but I do wonder about the thought process that led them to decide this made sense.  In the Daily Emerald: According to a statement by EPD Public Information officer Melinda McLaughlin, “at 1:55 a.m. on…

Thanks to a reader for the link: In US higher education, faculty members may receive an outside offer of employment from an external organization, and then receive a corresponding counteroffer from their current institution. Counteroffers are written contracts made to individuals — either prematurely in anticipation of an outside offer,…

In economics one good paper a year is a respectable career and the review process can take many years. Apparently the physical sciences are more responsive to market pressures: https://www.wsj.com/science/academic-studies-research-paper-mills-journals-publishing-f5a3d4bc?st=sgc2yq1xhe54ij4&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink Fake studies have flooded the publishers of top scientific journals, leading to thousands of retractions and millions of dollars in…

Dear members of the University of Oregon community, Today marks day 12 of the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment.” In that time, I have received many emails and other forms of communication from UO faculty and staff. I apologize that I have not responded to each. Please know they are being read.…