7/9/2012: From the WaPo: Traditional academic jobs are scarcer than ever. Once a primary career path, only 14 percent of those with a PhD in biology and the life sciences now land a coveted academic position within five years, according to a 2009 NSF survey. That figure has been steadily declining…
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From InsideHighered.com: The University of Illinois announced Tuesday that it will pay $175,000 to Lisa Troyer to give up her tenured position in the psychology department at the Urbana-Champaign campus. A brief statement said that the university “has not initiated, and will not initiate, any disciplinary process.” Troyer moved to…
That’s the conclusion from a new paper by economist Michael Anderson from Berkeley, that uses Vegas odds to control for endogeneity: According to the report, if a college improves its season wins by 5 games, it can expect alumni athletic donations to increase by $682,000 (28 percent), applications to increase…
I’ll be making a public records request for the 2012-2013 contracts for the usual Johnson Hall suspects, at the beginning of July. In past years these have yielded info on all sorts of interesting financial arrangements. Post a comment if there’s anything you are particularly interested in seeing. 6/27/2012.
A UO economist’s study shows medical marijuana doesn’t increase HS marijuana use. And people call this this the dismal science? On the other hand, football wins are bad news for UO students’ grades. I wonder what will come out of the economics department next? 6/25/2012.
for the next few weeks. 6/20/2012.
at the shoulder if a college athlete tried this. From George Schroeder in the RG. 6/18/2012.
6/18/2012: Robert Samuelson had a recent column, “‘College for all’ mindset compounds problem“, arguing that the US probably has enough college graduates, or close to it. But are the right students going to college? High math ability students from low income families have less than half the chance of attending…
6/17/2012: If I was an economist I could give a whole lecture – hell, a whole course – on Nixon’s great achievements: Replaced the random enslavement of the draft with a paid, professional military. Established the EPA Got us off the gold standard Created the Earned Income Tax Credit Signed…
6/15/2012: Harry Esteve has the story, and a request in the online comments for help from readers with more information.
6/15/2012: From the Chronicle: A Missed Opportunity? In his original proposal for the study, back in 2009, the then-president of the Association of American Universities, Robert M. Berdahl, said he’d like an evaluation of whether the country might simply have too many universities competing for its federal research dollars. ……
Jack Bog reports, here. In the comments here ideas on what UO should and shouldn’t do for commencement ceremonies are welcome. Me, I like the small department ceremonies. 6/13/2012.
6/7/2012: From InsideHigherEd: … The group has asked the dean and other top officials at the university’s school of medicine to write letters of apology to the professor, admit to errors of judgment, stop proposed disciplinary actions against him and take steps to prevent future violations of academic freedom. This…
6/3/2012: A quick and dirty search finds ~160 unclassified 0.49 FTE appointments – meaning people with a large UO commitment, but no UO health benefits. I don’t know what proportion are faculty, but it’s clearly significant, and this will likely be an important issue for the CBA.