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He was also a hypocrite, but that’s part of the job description. From the Detroit Free Press tonight: The University of Michigan Board of Regents has unanimously fired school President Mark Schlissel for cause following an investigation into a relationship with a subordinate, the board announced Saturday evening. In a letter to…
FWIW Carol Cartwright, one the AGB consultants currently interviewing stakeholders about the performance or lack of performance of Oregon’s university boards, is also on the NCAA Infractions committee that enforces the cartel’s rules against paying athletes. Why would someone take that despicable job? And wouldn’t it be an obvious conflict…
Or maybe they’ve gone back to weekly reporting for students, but not for employees. Weird.
Just kidding, whoever sets the agenda seems content to leave that up to our administrative overlords: Academic Year2021-2022DateJanuary 12, 2022 January 12, 2022 Senate Meeting Agenda Call to Order Land Acknowledgment; Stephanie Prentiss Intro Remarks; Senate President Spike Gildea ASUO updates; Maxwell Ely Approval of the Minutes December 1, 2021…
at convincing campus that 1984 should be next year’s choice for the Common Reading book:
Thanks to an anonymous reader for forwarding. Please let me know if your department is considering similar action: Statement from Faculty of Department of Anthropology January 7, 2022 As a department we want to support our students in the best and fullest way possible. There are many different situations in…
Looks like Matthew Knight Arena is going with Tool, in an Omicron superspreader event of the sort that leads to school closures. Not really a fan, but judging by WTP they are way more popular than Dana Altman’s Ducks:
That would be Provost Kimberly Espy of UTSA: As always, we are committed to putting the health and safety of our entire campus community first. To uphold that commitment, we will begin the spring semester virtually with most scheduled classes meeting online for three weeks, from January 18 through February 6.
Really: And thanks to an anon reader for finding where that “very low” comes from: a spreadsheet that looks at delta cases, and despite the “this Dashboard is updated every Monday” claim hasn’t been updated since September:
Stay tuned for the official announcement as soon as it’s vetted by UO’s strategic communicators. Now comes the announcement: Dear University of Oregon community, We are grateful to have you here and engaged in a winter term that is more challenging than some. We especially appreciate everyone’s flexibility around the…
Last week the Provost told us the students wanted to be taught in person and we had adequate omicron protocols in place, so we started the term in person instead of online as so many of our peers did. But now it seems 25%-50% of our students are not showing…