4/4/2012: Plans here: Oh wait – this is for remodeling the locker room suite at Autzen. Never mind.
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The Dalai Lama is coming to UO and will give a talk at the Matt Court basketball arena. Diane Dietz of the Register Guard reports that the tickets, which UO sold for $20 on a first-come first-served basis, with all proceeds to go to charity, are worth considerably more: But…
3/30/2013. Comments welcome. Between 2008 and 2013: F and A (indirect) from grants increased from $14.7M to $17.2M, or 17%. The VP for Research Office admin salary budget increased from $450K to $1.14M, or 153%. ORSA’s salary budget increased from $787K to $1.7M or 116%. VP for Research Office administrative…
3/25/2013: That’s the latest rumor from the faculty club sushi bar. The next hearing is Tuesday 3/26.
3/23/2013: The NCAA Academic Progress Rate is a measure of the progress to graduation of “student athletes”. Explanation here. The most recent Pac-12 median was 962. The APR for UO’s basketball team has been steadily falling and is now below the 930 rate that will be required for post-season play in…
I’m trying a new system for comments, called Disqus, you’ve probably seen it on other blogs. It works now, but the last 2 days of comments are being transferred, and may not show up for a day or so. To comment you should create a free, anonymous Disqus account. It…
From the AAUO website, 3/14/2013: The faculty bargaining team wants to let you know that they are working hard on a response to the University Administration’s raise proposal. Although the University Administration originally gave us the deadline of March 12 to respond, we have been able to work with them…
The Ellsberg Paradox is an early and important anomaly involving risky decisions. It was an inspiration for what’s now known as behavioral economics. I taught it for years before I learned that the author was the same Daniel Ellsberg who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the NYT in 1971. It…
3/21/2013: The faculty and students are drifting out of town. Now’s the time for JH to pull the crazy shit on us. Gottfredson’s response to the union raise proposal is due starting at 8AM in 122 Knight library. At 4:30 yesterday Bean called an emergency meeting of the ION PI’s,…
3/13/2013: From the Senate meeting, video soon. 3.5 Motion (Legislation): Senate-Administration Joint Review of the Office ofResearch & Innovation (RIGE); Bill Harbaugh, Professor (Economics) & UO Senator. Kyr: Supported by Pres Gottfredson. Harbaugh: “This committee could recommend to President Gottfredson that UO needs a new VP for Research.” Ed Kamenui: Chair…
Synopsis: Most of the Senate meeting time was spent doing things the administration should have been doing, but hasn’t: Senate votes to do Interim Provost Jim Bean’s job for him one last time, and evaluate the performance of VPRI Kimberly Espy’s office. Report by May. Gottfredson approves of the measure,…
This is from the “Financial Transparency Tool” which you can access through duckweb, off the employee tab. If you drill down you’ll see that this growth over the past 5 years for “University Relations” – which amounts to $4 million a year in recurring costs over the 2008 level –…
That’s an argument UO’s SAIL program has been making for 7 years now. The NYT reports it is gaining traction, because racial preferences have reduced SES diversity at elite colleges: In fact, race plays a role unlike almost any other factor. An African-American student with a similar application to a…
It seems possible. Now that’s muckraking. 3/9/13.