6/17/2013: Protesters showed up by the thousands … evolved into a broader movement by groups and individuals irate over a range of issues including … lavish new stadium projects. Whoops, never mind, that’s in Brazil. Here in Eugene everyone’s cool with Phil Knight’s plan to spend $5 million on new…
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6/15/2013: In the Oregonian, here: … And Brad Avakian, Oregon’s labor commissioner, assures me he is anxious to prosecute an equally egregious case here. “If an intern comes to us and says, ‘I think I’m doing free work for my employer,’ we will investigate the case,” Avakian said Friday. “If they…
6/10/2013: Architect of Kitzhaber’s education plan plans to leave. Nigel Jaquiss has the scoop in WWeek. Some search firm sure took us on this guy – I wonder if they also handled the Medgar Evers presidential search?
6/10/2013: Betsy Hammond reports that only 61% of Oregon HS grads go on to college, vs. national average of 68%. 6/7/2013: New work by Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney shows the returns to higher education are dramatically higher than stocks, or anything else, even for those who get some college…
6/6/2013: I’m all in favor of spending big bucks on fundraising. All the studies I’ve seen show it can pay off. But at UO most of the donations go to the jocks. I’m still waiting to see the Robin Jaqua gift letter, which may explain just how Duck athletic director…
(The Dec and Jan spikes were apparently a bug in counting iphone hits.)
There is a bug in blogger polls and it keeps dropping responses. I’m deleting all the polls. I’ll find a replacement program, since I think polls are fun.
5/29/2013: Details on Julie Hermann here. UO searches here and here, also by Parker Executive Searches.
5/29/2013: Oh wait, never mind. It’s Randy’s wife Jennifer Geller and the 4-J school board, bargaining with the 4-J teacher’s union.
5/17/2013: It sure looks that way to me, and Lane County Registrar Cheryl Betschart has asked him for an explanation. You remember Pernsteiner, right? Last time I asked this question Pernsteiner had his lawyer, Bill Gary of HLGR, send this response to the registrar, claiming Pernsteiner intended to return to…
Insidehighered, here. 5/16/2013.
5/11/2013: We wouldn’t want to have the football players mingling with students at meals. Might give them the wrong idea about why they’re in college.
Motion to have the UO athletic department pay the costs of athlete only tutoring and the Knight Arena land, passed 19 to 4 with 4 abstentions on 5/8/2013. President Gottfredson’s report to Senate due 7/8/2013. Payments by the Athletics Department for Academic Purposes Number: US12/13-20 Date of Notice: Wed, 02/13/2013 Legislation,…
5/3/2013: UO tuition increases. Diane Dietz reports in the RG on UO’s proposed 6% tuition and fee increase. That’s at least $15M in new tuition revenue on top of the the $29M or so from last year. The union wage proposal costs about $25M, but not until 2014-15. From OUS: And…
Call me old-fashioned. I thought it was a trifle déclassé for our athletic department to sell Duck women’s soccer shorts on the internet – complete with a certificate of authenticity. But it must have helped cover Kelly’s bonuses. Now they’re selling tickets to the cheerleader tryouts for $5: I guess this is safe for…