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2/2/2012: That’s the intriguing proposal from some UC students. Eliminate tuition and replace it with a post-graduation income tax. Proposal here, Insidehighered story here: Student Proposal In Brief: UC students would pay no tuition up front to attend a UC campus. UC students would agree to pay 5 percent of…

2/1/2012: I didn’t believe this tip til I checked it out: Lorraine Davis’s “special assistants” now include John Moseley, Frances Dyke, and Don Harris. (Jim Bean is not listed.) And you are wondering why there is no money to pay for start-up for the science hires? Full org chart here…

2/1/2012: Change in Information Services leadership Following much consultation and deliberation, I have decided to make a change in leadership in the University of Oregon’s Information Services (IS) operation. Effective February 1, Susan Hilton and Tony Saxman will assume the roles of co-senior directors for the unit on an interim…

Dear UO Community, Following is an announcement about the presidential search committee that will be released to the media later today. I wanted to share the information with you first. George PernsteinerChancellor, Oregon University System———————————————News ReleaseFebruary 1, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Di Saunders, Office: 503-725-5714; Cell: 971-219-6869 Chancellor Announces…

1/31/2012: Sam Stites of the ODE has a good story with quotes from several pro-union faculty: “We’re hoping to have the card-check done by the end of the term,” said Deborah Olson, union representative and special education instructor. “We’re actually shooting for a higher number. We want more than 50…

1/31/2012 The website is hard to figure out, no indication who is speaking, but it looks like it will be live at 9:45 today, and you can submit questions here: http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/unionizing-university-oregon/ and listen here: http://www.opb.org/listen

1/30/2012: Courtesy of Insidehighered.com, story here: A Springfield professor who shared emails from other faculty leaders with the University of Illinois president’s chief of staff has resigned from the campus senate amid a vote of no confidence by her peers. Tih-Fen Ting, professor in environmental studies on the Springfield campus,…

1/25/2012: It’s taking George a while to find UO community members willing to serve on a committee with him. Wonder why. If you are faculty and haven’t been contacted, you are probably not on the list. Pernsteiner and Ford will be here next month to explain themselves – Matt Donegan…

1/24/2012: Wow – they are actually asking for faculty opinions: We present, for your consideration, Barbara Altmann and Doug Blandy as finalists for the position of Senior Vice Provost.  We will be holding an open forum for each of the candidates during the week of January 30th.  Presentation details, candidate…

1/24/2012: The most common reason workers unionize is bad management. Johnson Hall is a case study of dysfunction, so guess what’s happening? Word is that the union organizers already have more than 1/2 the signatures they need, and they are ending the quiet phase early: An Invitation from the United…

1/23/2012: Mocked, maybe. And this is a news piece, not opinion, from Betsy Hammond in the Oregonian.

to Sam Stites in the ODE: “An independent governing board is essential to the recruitment of a strong and successful president,” Berdahl said. “I believe the moment is right for change.”