OK, I’ll just say it: Maybe Chuck Lillis and Connie Ballmer were right all along. I’m very happy to say the story below is about the University of Iowa, not about UO. The events challenge some of my beliefs about open searches, maybe they will challenge yours. The gist is that…
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Diane Dietz has the very informative story here. As the article explains, the main effect of this is to encourage 4 year graduation, because after 4 years the tuition bumps up by the full amount of the past 4 years of increases. On-time graduation rates are heavily weighted in the US News…
The NYT magazine has a fascinating story about price discrimination, spillover benefits, the returns to college and how to increase completion rates. By Adam Davidson, here: But probably the single most important factor behind the rise in tuition is one that few other businesses share: Students are not just customers;…
Reporter Noah McGraw has an excellent one in the Daily Emerald, here.
Felix Salmon has the story here: The best piece of in-depth investigative reporting you’re likely to read this week comes not from any journalist, but rather from the office of Eric Schneiderman, New York’s attorney general. His 55-page report into what went wrong at Cooper Union should be required, and…
Colleen Flaherty has the story in InsideHigherEd, here: Facing what is sure to be a difficult retention season, given this year’s battles over the future of higher education funding and tenure in Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin at Madison is today announcing the results of a massive donation-matching campaign aimed…
9/7/2015: Silly question. He’s paid to be the athletic department’s sacrificial anode. It took the UO Public Records Office a month to provide his resume and the justification for changing the job from Associate VP to VP. They claim they didn’t have to provide his resume, but only did it because he agreed…
What an impressive letter, here. Thanks to the economists at marginalrevolution.com for the link, from a reporter’s FOIA request for her mom’s emails: I love how she puts the important parts in bold. She must know that her parents skim. My dad used to send me letters with footnotes, since he knew how…
RG columnist Don Kahle is no economist, so he usually makes sense. Here’s his modest proposal on what to do about UO’s Duck problem – spin them off as an entertainment LLC. We trust unfettered economics to produce outcomes that are optimized. We want nothing more for our Ducks than optimized outcomes.…
I haven’t had time to dig through all the dockets, links below. If you see anything interesting please post a comment. Executive and Audit Committee — September 10, 2015 [Materials] Finance and Facilities Committee — September 10, 2015 [Materials] Academic and Student Affairs Committee — September 10, 2015 [Materials] Meeting of…
Ryan Thorburn has the story in the RG, here. No word on how much the gift letter requirements will cost UO’s academic side. (But a correction to note below – Board Secretary Angela Wilhelms has posted the gift agreement at http://trustees.uoregon.edu/sites/trustees1.uoregon.edu/files/ffc_notice_agenda_materials_091015_-_for_posting.pdf ) The last time this happened the OUS Board demanded considerable documentation from…
Parker Executive Search, the same firm that ran UO’s search, is in charge. In comparison to UO, the Iowa search team had a full complement of faculty, selected by the faculty senate and not by the administration. And they’re bringing 4 candidates to campus, including the sitting president of Oberlin…
University administrators are panicking about the fact that it has become more difficult to hide information about campus sexual assaults. And the second thing a panicked administrator does – after firing whoever leaked the public records – is look for a consultant to paper things over. Sure enough, the market for Title IX and sexual assault…
That’s got to be a tough job, given Ms Daugherty’s famous incompetence. I wonder how much experience Heroy has, and how much we’re paying her. Here’s the blurb from the Amitrius Coaching and Consulting website: Here’s Ms Heroy’s report on what UO is doing to reduce sexual assaults. Accomplishment #1? Hire…