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Oregonian on UO

9/26/2011: Two recent opinion pieces in the Oregonian. Both with praise for UO’s ambitions and the importance of that ambition for the state. Steve Duin – not exactly a patsy for UO’s public relations department in the past: What’s not to like about the university’s ambition, in a state where…

PLC demolition begins!

9/14/2011: Provost Jim Bean announced yesterday that his last official act would be the destruction of the much hated PLC office building – “brick by goddamn brick, if necessary”. Work began this morning: Celebrating profs down at the faculty club cheered the news that they would be housed in tents…

Western Governors University

9/7/2011: WGU comes up a lot these days as a new model for higher education. Website here. Fully accredited, started by western states to provide 4 year online degrees. Mostly licensure fields, like teaching, nursing, accounting. Tuition is $2890 for a 6 month term. From their website: Your degree requirements…