9/10/2013: The latest US News rankings are great news for UO’s finances: The University of Oregon moved up in the rankings — jumping six rungs to No. 109 on the list of about 1,376 colleges nationally. And Christian Whithol of the RG reports on still more good financial news for UO: Eugene’s latest…
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9/10/2013, from a helpful staff member: OUR WORK, OUR VOTE, OUR VOICE STRIKE AUTHORIZATION VOTES Only SEIU members can vote. If you are not a member yet, membership applications will be available on-site for those you want to join and vote. If you don’t remember whether you’ve completed an application,…
9/10/2013: From the comments: Vote for UOmatters.com on the Eugene Weekly’s “Best of Eugene.” I propose, 4. Best local hell-raiser26. Best self-published literary item (blog, zine) Go to http://bestofeugene.com/ Thanks! FWIW, my last muckraking award was from the Oregon Society of Professional Journalists, for this blog and for getting the…
Tuesday 9/10/2013, Room 122 or 101 Knight Library. 1PM til 5.Live Blog disclaimer: These are my opinions of what people said or meant or should have said. Nothing is a quote unless in quotes. If you don’t like my blog read the United Academics one on facebook, here.Synopsis: Rudnick lectures faculty: Give up: “you all…
9/10/2013: That would be the Communist Party administration, in China. The NYT reports: Worried about its hold on public opinion, the Chinese government has pursued a propaganda and police offensive against what it calls malicious rumor-mongering online. Police forces across the country have announced the detentions of hundreds of microblog…
9/9/2013 update: Note that I am not requesting attorney notes, just transcripts taken by a UO non-attorney stenographer: Summarizing, I am requesting that the District Attorney order UO to release what I believe are transcripts, or very close to transcripts, taken by a university employed non-attorney, of meetings that were…
9/9/2013: An adamant state judge sternly warned the Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors on Monday that it faces possible imprisonment if it does not immediately comply with her more than four-month-old order to make public the records of its secret presidential search…. Clark ruled Aug. 14 that the board…
Negotiations between the union and the administration resume at 1PM Tuesday, Room 122 or 101 in the library. If you care about this stuff, I suggest you show up. 9/9/2013 update #2: The take from the administration’s bargaining update pages? Article 52: Outside ActivitiesWe presented the Union with a counterproposal…
9/9/2013: Former UO President Dave Frohnmayer’s 2009 termination contract guaranteed him a number of interesting perks, including: That “graduate assistant” is pretty well paid: More history here.
I’ll try and remember to keep this updated as the football season progresses. Next game is the Tennessee Volunteers. Faculty salary averages for fall 2012, from the Chronicle/AAUP data:
9/6/2013: Looks like Jamie Moffitt is still hiding the subsidies for the underground Matt Court Arena garage and the athlete-only lot in the parking fees for faculty and staff: $384 for 12 months. Too rich for your blood? A commenter suggests an alternative:
Friday 9AM – 4PM, 9/6/2013 122 Knight Library. SRO, but maybe not enough to force Rudnick to allow a move to the nicer 101 room. Live Blog disclaimer: These are my opinions of what people said or meant or should have said. Nothing is a quote unless in quotes. If you don’t…
9/5/2013: President Gottfredson has a nice full professor’s salary to fall back, just in case his president gig at $540K doesn’t work out. His $360K fallback is about 250% of the AAU public average for sociology full professors: The rest of UO’s full professors are currently at 82% of the…
9/5/2013: At the Tuesday bargaining session I publicly ridiculed Journalism Tim Gleason, VP for Academic Affairs Doug Blandy, and former tobacco attorney, now lead administration negotiator Sharon Rudnick and their proposal to give every faculty member $350 as a contract signing bonus. I said this was enough money to buy…