At PSU. A reader sends this, by Jennifer Schuberth, an assistant professor of religion at Portland State University: http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/04/psu_stakeholders_need_transpar.htmlOn the question of whether a faculty union will promote more transparency and a “better” allocation of resources by the administration: “Like many students and faculty, I have been frustrated by the…
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3/31/2012: A reader asks: What should an appropriate system of retention at UO look like? What is the current policy? Should the UO adopt a preemptive retention offer policy for certain categories of faculty? Does it have one now? Obviously more productive faculty with better outside options should get paid…
3/31/2012: Joe Nocera of the NYT has been posting a series of pieces on the NCAA cartel. The latest blows a hole in one of the favorite arguments of the AD and its Johnson Hall enablers – that college athletics should be praised for bringing African-Americans to colleges like UO:…
3/29/2012: I’m no economist, so I don’t like to make forecasts, but Tyler Cowen and Kevin Grier are and they’ve got an interesting piece out: What Would the End of Football Look Like? … This slow death march could easily take 10 to 15 years. Imagine the timeline. A couple…
3/25/2012: This Insidehighered.com piece starts with the recent firing of Pres Michael Hogan from UI and then moves to a good discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of closed presidential searches such as that underway at UO: … “What all universities are trying to do is find a successor who…
from the University of Illinois, because of his “dictatorial managerial style”. Glad to see faculty are regaining their traditional governance power somewhere. Thanks to Margaret Soltan for the link. 3/22/2012.
3/22/2012: From Insidehighered: (link now fixed, thanks anon) A federal appeals court on Wednesday reinstated a former graduate student’s lawsuit alleging that the University of Oregon retaliated against her for complaining about gender discrimination in her doctoral program. Experts said the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…
Everywhere else it’s a slush-fest. Bring extra socks. 3/21/2012
But there’s a lot of repetition and I’m sort of swamped. Please consider limiting your comments.
3/19/2012: Interim President Bob Berdahl thinks the UO Senate Intercollegiate Athletics Committee is asking too many hard questions about athletics, and he is going to rewrite the committee’s charge to make it easier for the athletic department to have their way with UO. From what I can tell this is…
Some of these union comment threads are nasty. On the other hand there’s plenty of good information and interesting opinions too, even if some people just want to vent. In any case I am hardly one to talk, and I am not a censor and I will continue to post…
Updated 3/18/2012: The union organizers tell me they are reluctant to release this information for fear the administration will use it against them, but they tell me they are aware of people’s concern’s and are thinking about how to address them. One informed TTF writes in the comments: … let…
been at the opera. All caught up now.
3/16/2012: A Notre Dame philosophy professor muses on the cynical misuse of the term. In the NYT.
3/12/2012: Word is that the card check is done, and the cards will be submitted to the ERB tomorrow.