Nick Budnick has the story in the Oregonian, here. If you think UO’s internal fights about Espy and RIGE are bad, read the comments to his story! In other news, Betsy Hammond reports that OSU has hit it’s $1B fundraising target early: The land grant university had set a goal…
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AD Rob Mullens won’t renew the contract of Pat Kilkenny buddy and women’s basketball coach Paul Westhead. We’ve been paying him $650K – and his contract let him live in LA half the year: Will his replacement be a man or a woman? Andy Greif has some guesses in the…
Andy Greif has the details in the Oregonian. Maybe he should try the Urban Farm? The UO student government pays the Ducks about $1.6M for tickets and then gives them to students – but apparently $0 is too high a price for basketball. Altman’s contract pays him a bonus for…
From P.J. O’Rourke, just in time for the UO Senate debate on the Academic Freedom Policy, March 12. Apparently some court in Ohio upheld a law requiring fact-checks on free speech. The SCOTUS is going to decide if they should hear the case and get in a few laughs mocking…
Scott Jaschik has the data, at InsideHigherEd. UO’s administrative salaries look pretty generous in comparison to other public PhD granting schools – and that’s not counting the golden parachute deals UO hands out like popcorn. At many public universities these are illegal. Bob Berdahl got in quite a bit of…
Good news from the UO Foundation. Their 13.8% return on endowment investments last fiscal year was in the top quartile for college endowments. Around the O has the story, here.
It’s very promising to finally hear some non-confrontational talk from UO’s leadership about the positive effects of the faculty union: UO full, associate and assistant professors make an average of $90,000 — $20,000 less than the AAU average, according to 2012-13 data from UO Office of Institutional Research. … Coltrane said that…
3/4/2014 update: I received an email from UO Trustee and ASUO President Sam Dotters-Katz, asking me to correct this post. Here is the relevant part of his message. Professor Harbaugh, I am writing to ask you to correct your factually inaccurate blog post, “UO Trustee Sam Dotters-Katz blames…”. Below are…
Just one. Is that too much to ask? Gottfredson and Coltrane’s latest org chart is here: The next Senate meeting is 3/12. Will someone please nominate someone for this prestigious career advancing award? Anyone?
2/28/2014 update: The word down at the faculty club breakfast buffet is increasing dismay over President Gottfredson’s dismissive response to the Blonigen report, particularly that word “endorsing”. 2/21/2014 update: President Gottfredson and Provost Coltrane have now posted their response to the Blonigen report, here. While they now acknowledge the need…
1-2PM, 115 Lawrence. Their blog is here:
Current Schedule SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23 6:00 p.m. — Basketball Oregon takes on Washington State at Matthew Knight Arena MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24 9:00 a.m. — Executive Leadership Team meeting 11:00 a.m. — Faculty Advisory Council meeting 2:00 p.m. — Meeting with new university ombudsperson President Gottfredson meets with Bruce MacAllister, who…
2/26/2014 update: UO Psychology Department announces pouring rights contract with Widmer Brothers Brewery for intro psych lectures. Lucrative grad seminars still open for bids. 2/25/2014: Psychology: Let’s do the math. At UO tuition and fees per credit are $178 for in-state, $608 out-of-state. Freshmen are about 50/50, so figure ~$400…
This is a shameful new low for UO transparency, President Gottfredson, and his public records boss Dave Hubin: