Teaching evaluations are now posted on Duckweb. Put your favorite ones in the comments! I’ll start off: Please comment on the strengths and areas of possible improvement for the course as a whole.: I think I’m just not that into economics.
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Major revenue streams are up. Google ads: Coffee cups: cafepress.com/universityofnike: Expenses continue to climb however, and our liquid assets are well below the 5-15% reserve level that OUS has tried to hold Jamie Moffitt to.
Report from U of Minnesota here. 67% of the UO coaches for women’s sports are men. I don’t know if they are counting cheerleading as a sport. Also see this InsideHighereEd report by former UO journalism student Allie Grasgreen. The Duck athletic department’s 5-year “Diversity Action” window-dressing plan is here,…
That would be in Kansas. From Scott Jaschik at InsideHigherEd. The newly adopted policy of the University of Kansas Board of Regents gives their President the right to fire faculty for tweets: The chief executive officer of a state university has the authority to suspend, dismiss or terminate from employment…
We’re at 91 to 1, next closest is OSU at 98 to 1, then PSU at 155 to 1. From a report OUS had to file with the legislature, full dump here: Of course the real bloat is in “special provost’s assistants” per student.
UO Senate rules call for an annual written report from our NCAA FAR. It’s been years since UO’s FAR Jim O’Fallon did that. (O’Fallon is well known for his work on the NCAA Infractions Committee, including the infamous Nate Miles investigation.) It’s also been a long time since UO’s 2004…
Most universities post the finalist’s names, cover letters and vitae online. UO typically opts to wait until the last minute. Still, at least we’ve got multiple finalists this time: Dear Campus Community, On behalf of the search committee, I am pleased to announce that we have selected four strong finalists…
Just kidding, sports are sacred. They’re challenging tax-breaks for “non-profit” hospitals, because of big salaries and small public benefits. The NYT has the story here. In other charitable giving news, it’s still possible to give to the university employee’s Charitable Fund Drive. You can allocate your gift to a plethora…
Duck football brings still more glory and invaluable publicity to the University of Oregon. UO’s contract with athletic director Rob Mullens pays him an extra $50,000 for the work and good publicity associated with getting the Ducks into a bowl game: But he faces no penalties for allowing the coaches to…
At UC-Boulder, Scott Jaschik has the story in InsideHigherEd.
The blog is http://hiredgunsandhiredhelp.blogspot.com/. No word on whether or not Gleason and Geller have defamed the authors yet. We’ll keep an eye on the craziness that is sure to ensue with Rudnick’s crew. Remember, don’t sign until they bring out the goat! The official UO GTFF union website is here:…
By UO Journalism student Riley Stevenson in the RG.
That would be the administration of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. And as it happens UO law professor John Bonine is in the Ukraine now, and has filed this report with the RG, here: It was 1 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 11, and it was cold throughout Ukraine — no more than 12…
Nick Budnick and Jeff Manning of the Oregonian explain how Oregon wasted $160M – that’s enough for 3 years funding for UO – on this.