1/15/2013 Update: Here’s a news story on how the University of Arizona got rid of their Provost and President. It started with a motion like the one that the UO Senate will vote on Wednesday, regarding Bean. This led to a survey of the faculty, run by the Senate, who…
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Update: And don’t miss the RG Op-Ed from former VP for Diversity Charles Martinez, hired and promoted by Frohnmayer and Bean without an affirmative action compliant open search, then fired by President Lariviere after widespread complaints from people on all sides of the diversity debates. Martinez took the money and ran, and…
1/14/2013: Nigel Jaquiss in WWeek: In his report, Kenton says allowing OUS to find less expensive health insurance would have a real impact: In-state students pay $630 in tuition for every $1,000 OUS pays in employee health-insurance premiums. The system costs OUS more because its employees tend to be healthier…
previous post was wrong, thanks to reader for correction, bargaining is every other week.
1/13/2013: Congratulations to the organizers of this event, reported in the RG here: The lecture, “The Path to Peace and Happiness in the Global Society,” is open to UO students, faculty and staff, as well as the public, the UO said. Additional details on the event, including information on ticket…
1/13/2013: UO’s new VP for Equity Yvette Alex-Assensoh’s proposal for reforms in how UO handles Native American Affairs is here: And here’s the memo from YAA, Human Resources, and Randy Geller’s office, telling OEI staff that “we have an obligation while at work to refrain from comments that might negatively…
1/13/2013: I wrote about the incident below back in 2011. JSTOR decided not to prosecute, but US Attorney Carmen Ortiz did – asking for 30 years imprisonment. Aaron Swartz committed suicide a few days ago, at age 26. The NYT has a story here and open access websites have many…
than non-minority urban students. That’s the revealed preference estimate, from the OUS graduation incentive payment scheme here. 1/13/2013.
Update: The EMU renovation has passed the OUS board. Hilariously, “Around the O” doesn’t report this qualification: “Approved adding to the OUS 2013-2015 Capital request a total of $84.3 million in Article XI-F(1) bonds to renovate and expand the Erb Memorial Union at the University of Oregon, subject to satisfactory resolution…
From the Chronicle: The agency’s newly proposed rules took note of the [AFT’s] explanation of how, typically, an instructor works at least three hours a week for every credit hour taught. By that formula, an adjunct who teaches four three-credit classes would be considered full time under the new legislation.…
1/11/13: Thanks to an anonymous commenter for the idea. Here’s a clip from the administration’s proposed contract provision for “professional responsibilities”, from the website of their official union matters spokesperson, here. Rudnick explained this as meaning that our administrators (or as she called them, our “colleagues”) did not want the faculty…
Word from the faculty club hot-tub is that Gottfredson has pulled Tim Gleason from the admin bargaining team and replaced him with Chip Kelly. I’ll be in 450 Lillis at 8 AM live blogging, just in case it’s true. Live Blog: Usual disclaimer applies.No Gleason! No Geller. Rudnick’s helper lawyer…
In the RG: Three additional meetings are scheduled for today and Friday to address the university’s strategic equity and inclusion plan, and the restructuring of its equity office. The biggest part of Wednesday’s meeting involved audience members breaking into groups to answer questions intended to inform the equity plan. Next…
In the NYT, here. Those economists can argue about correlation/causation and the diff-in-diff. But I’ll just point out that the NYT doesn’t even bother to report the data for HS dropouts. Which would be an astonishing 40% of the students in the Springfield, Oregon school district, just three miles from UO. You can…
1/9/13 Update: Subject: counterproposalsDate: January 9, 2013 9:16:03 AM PSTTo: Tim Gleason , Doug Blandy Hi Tim and Doug, can you send me a copy of the administrative counter proposals? I’d like to add them to the info at https://uomatters.com/2012/12/facultyadministration-bargaining.html so that people can make comments. I’ll post their response.…