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#2 in a series of occasional posts on the subject of where the UO administration is spending our money. Content Strategery is up $2M, Brand Strategery $400K. If you have any idea WTF he’s buying with that money please post a comment.
#1 in a series of occasional posts on the subject of where the UO administration is spending our money:
The Daily Emerald report is here. The redacted investigation report is here.
Don’t bother clicking on this link. It’s not very informative, and where it tries, it’s wrong. For some solid info on these programs, read the 2015 story by former RG reporter Diane Dietz, here, on Thompson’s previous attempt to pitch this to the Trustees.
We were #103 in 2015, based on the data from the year before the BoT hired Michael Schill. I assume Chuck Lillis and the Board of Trustees will blame this lack of progress on the faculty union – how else to justify that $100K bonus? Link here:
The legendary Subaru Brat – with optional T-top roof – seen on 17th east of campus. A bit rough: As was Ronald Reagan’s, before restoration: For comparison, the Caballero:
In other shared governance news the faculty union starts bargaining with the administration this Th, 12-3PM, also in the EMU Crater Lake room, also open to the public. The Daily Emerald’s Jack Forrest has a story on the Senate here: … Skowron also said she hopes the Senate will be…
That would be OSU’s new President F. King Alexander, reflecting on his successes and failures at LSU, on a piece from the Sambla Sweden blog today: … Another area where Alexander wishes he could have been more effective was convincing the leadership of other SEC institutions to join him in…
For 2019-20 state government will spend $4.32 per $1,000 of PI on higher ed. It was $4.02 in 2014-15. The national average increased from $5.48 to $5.55. Data is from https://education.illinoisstate.edu/grapevine/about/
While there is still no sign the GC’s office is willing to settle the gender discrimination lawsuit brought by Prof Jennifer Freyd, this is the second time that I know of that Reed’s office has agreed to settle with a male student who complained that UO had botched its investigation…