From the PEW foundation: Does anyone have the Oregon data?
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No. Sharon Rudnick, Doug Blandy, and Tim Gleason repeatedly claimed this during the contract negotiations, as did many other UO administrators. The union team called them out on it every time. After the contract was signed these claims persisted, despite clear contract language to the contrary. So the union sent…
12/23/2013: Just kidding. The rumor is that Kees has already decided to give Jim Bean the job, without an open affirmative action compliant public search. Update: Here’s the email from the LCB Dean announcing the changes. Say what you will about de Kluyver, he sent me a copy of this…
That would be Neil Theobald, Temple University’s new President.
Update: Texas Tech names Provost 12/7/2013: VP for Research Kimberly Espy finalist at Texas Tech for Provost http://today.ttu.edu/2013/11/open-forums-scheduled-for-provost-senior-vp-finalists/
Or maybe it’s something else. Oregon Institute of Technology enrollment is up 10%, the largest % in the OUS system. OIT doesn’t have a football team. Instead they recruit students by telling them how tough their academic programs are: They also don’t belong to the NCAA, instead they are part…
12/26/2013 update: Dave Frohnmayer and Barbara West will also co-teach a 199 Political Science course, “Theories of Leadership”. Experimental 199 classes are supposed to be reviewed and approved by the faculty Senate after 2 years. Frohnmayer and West, who is his former special assistant and holds a PhD in Jungian…
Teaching evaluations are now posted on Duckweb. Put your favorite ones in the comments! I’ll start off: Please comment on the strengths and areas of possible improvement for the course as a whole.: I think I’m just not that into economics.
Major revenue streams are up. Google ads: Coffee cups: cafepress.com/universityofnike: Expenses continue to climb however, and our liquid assets are well below the 5-15% reserve level that OUS has tried to hold Jamie Moffitt to.
Report from U of Minnesota here. 67% of the UO coaches for women’s sports are men. I don’t know if they are counting cheerleading as a sport. Also see this InsideHighereEd report by former UO journalism student Allie Grasgreen. The Duck athletic department’s 5-year “Diversity Action” window-dressing plan is here,…
That would be in Kansas. From Scott Jaschik at InsideHigherEd. The newly adopted policy of the University of Kansas Board of Regents gives their President the right to fire faculty for tweets: The chief executive officer of a state university has the authority to suspend, dismiss or terminate from employment…
We’re at 91 to 1, next closest is OSU at 98 to 1, then PSU at 155 to 1. From a report OUS had to file with the legislature, full dump here: Of course the real bloat is in “special provost’s assistants” per student.
UO Senate rules call for an annual written report from our NCAA FAR. It’s been years since UO’s FAR Jim O’Fallon did that. (O’Fallon is well known for his work on the NCAA Infractions Committee, including the infamous Nate Miles investigation.) It’s also been a long time since UO’s 2004…
Most universities post the finalist’s names, cover letters and vitae online. UO typically opts to wait until the last minute. Still, at least we’ve got multiple finalists this time: Dear Campus Community, On behalf of the search committee, I am pleased to announce that we have selected four strong finalists…