Will Campbell reports in the Emerald: … A former University of Oregon professor is suing the school because he claims that he was discriminated against because of his Asian-American heritage and his boss made him do odd, unethical chores. … Note: The Emerald’s comments are open. I’m not going to…
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https://www.dailyemerald.com/2018/02/05/administrators-aim-improve-communication-students-office-hours-students-attend/
One of the problems with strong incentives, such as the $425K bonus Duck AD Rob Mullens promised to Dana Altman to top off his $2.5M salary if his unpaid student-athletes win the NCAA tournament, is that you discentivise other things you might care about. Such as not dragging UO’s name…
2017-18 HEARST ENTERPRISE REPORTING WINNERS NAMED San Francisco – The top 10 winners in enterprise reporting were announced today in the 58th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 105 undergraduate journalism programs at universities across the nation are eligible to participate. 122 entries were received in…
Uh, thanks, but actually I was looking for a bandsaw.
in a very strong and pointed op-ed in the Oregonian, here: As presidents of the Oregon State Senate and the University of Oregon, each of us has a unique perspective on how protecting undocumented children, known as Dreamers, benefits Oregon. These protections create opportunity. They create hope. They create promise…
This is the committee that the Board of Trustees established to replace the former Senate committee, when they took power for student discipline away from the faculty back in 2015. Its mission: The Student Conduct Committee shall be responsible for recommending to the Board of Trustees of the University of…
President Schill has mounted an ambitious campaign to increase UO’s four-year graduation rate through better advising, predictive analytics, and what a Nobel prize winning economist might call “nudges” such as encouraging new students to self-identify as the “Class of 2021” etc. Some have suggested that, in comparison to Schill, previous…
In the NYT today: … The Justice Department is exploring possible racketeering, money laundering and honest services fraud charges related to two track and field world championship events and the business executives who have consulted on bids for various other elite competitions, according to one of the subpoenas, which was…
DRAFT Location: EMU 145 & 146 (Crater Lake Rooms) 3:00 – 5:00 P.M. All videos for previous meetings are generally posted below within 24 hours. To watch live streamed meetings, click: WATCH. 3:00 P.M. Call to Order Introductory Remarks; Senate President Chris Sinclair Update from Johnson Hall 3:30 P.M. Approval of Minutes, January…
Technically it was Lane County Circuit Judge Lauren Holland who did this, acting at Paul Weinhold’s request. And presumably Weinhold was acting on CoD Dean Christoph Lindner‘s request, and UO General Counsel Kevin Reed went along with the money-grab because he hadn’t done his homework. Here’s what I’ve been able to…
Update: Apparently many readers are too busy trying to improve their metrics to read the details of the Dean’s message below, much less act on them. So here’s a visual with the key words you should throw in when drafting IHP proposals or presenting to the Board of Trustees. Thanks to…
Update: The Sundaram Tagore film on “Louis Kahn’s Tiger City” will be on Feb 22nd, not this Th. Also some people are reporting that the equestrian painting below is actually of Provost Banavar, and that Pres Schill’s portrait has already been put in Johnson Hall next to the painting honoring the work…
The news from Tucson: Ex-UA dean files $2M pay equality lawsuit against Regents; provost resigns … According to the lawsuit, Patricia MacCorquodale, who has worked at the UA since 1978 and was dean of the school’s Honors College for almost 25 years, was “dramatically underpaid” — sometimes as much as…
Long-time Oregonian journalist David Sarasohn: It’s clear, as we mark the one-year mark of the Donald Trump show, that the Official Dislike list includes immigrants, many of the countries they come from, corporate taxes and reporters who ask annoying questions. But there is also a clear dislike, and multiple moves…