8/20/2011: From Yahoo sports: Lyles, even while denying he intentionally guided Seastrunk to Eugene or funneled any money his way, admitted he helped Seastrunk’s grandmother become his legal guardian so she could sign his letter of intent to Oregon over his mother’s protests. The result: Seastrunk never appeared happy and…
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8/9/2011: From Insidehighered.com. PLoS ONE link here. Nearly half of female faculty members in top science departments wish they’d had more children, but didn’t because of their careers, while about a quarter of their male counterparts feel the same way, according to a new study. This is a large but…
8/8/2011: From economist Alex Tabarrok: …I pointed out that the market was moving towards superstar teachers, who teach hundreds at a time or even thousands online. Today, we have the Khan Academy, a huge increase in online education, electronic textbooks and peer grading systems and highly successful superstar teachers with Michael Sandel and his…
8/8/2011: From Mark Baker in the RG. The Princeton Review rankings, on the other hand, put us in bottom 10 nationwide for teaching. The fact they also put Cal Tech in that group makes me a little curious about their methodology. The UO NRC grad program rankings are here.
8/4/2011: That’s what he says *after* they arrest him for backyard fission experiments. Funny, I remember having a science set with a bit of radium and a cloud chamber, when I was 12. From boingboing.net.
Higher education is a competitive business. And as this article reports, UO simply is not keeping up. We need to hire a search firm, get a VP quick, gut the basement of Johnson Hall, and start installing the proper equipment without further delays. Perhaps an alumnus would be a good…
7/16/2011: SAN DIEGO (AP) — About 200 active-duty troops and veterans wearing T-shirts advertising their branch of service marched Saturday in San Diego’s gay pride parade with American flags and rainbow banners, marking what is believed to be the first time a military contingent has participated in such an event…
7/16/2010: As part of it’s efforts to prevent “street agents” from sneaking off with any of the NCAA’s money the NCAA slapped a bunch of anti-competitive rules on recruiting services last year: Steve Andress of KEZI explains: NCAA Bylaw 13.14.3 lays out the rules for contracting a recruiting service. The…
7/14/2011: Costs and benefits matter. People are more likely to remember information if they think it won’t be on Google. From Science. I forget who wrote it.
7/11/2011: Bob Wolfe and Barry Kast have the best Laffer curve argument ever. I’d use this in class – if I were an economics professor.
7/8/2011: From the NBER‘s analysis of the “Oregon Health Plan” he started – I think in his first term: In 2008, a group of uninsured low-income adults in Oregon was selected by lottery to be given the chance to apply for Medicaid. This lottery provides a unique opportunity to gauge…
6/29/2011: Sending popular Portland blogger bojack.org this takedown notice was not the brightest move.
6/29/2011: Just after Kitzhaber signs SB909, Harry Esteve reports Nancy Golden is leaving as Kitzhaber’s education advisor. It was a temporary job from the beginning, so it’s a little odd he doesn’t have an immediate replacement in mind.
6/22/2011: Yes, there is a Journal of Neural Engineering. Started in 2004. I guess Science won’t publish stuff like this because at this point it’s just applied work?
6/17/2011: Jeff Mapes reports progress with Kitzhaber’s K-16 reform bills, including SB909: SALEM — Oregon legislators broke a session-long logjam over education policy Friday by beginning to move several bills that could eventually have a big impact on students and their schools. The legislation includes Gov. John Kitzhaber’s proposal to…