The ad is here, it does not say who is on the search committee. Chris Prosser was doing a great job at 0.9 FTE and a very modest salary, he left to pursue a PhD. As a commenter notes, top salary for the job listed is $38,000. In comparison the UO…
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That would be Michael Strine at UVA, not Jim Bean at UO. The truth about what Jim Bean, Randy Geller, and Lorraine Davis did or did not do to help the OUS board fire Lariviere will take someone with the patience to spend a few days in the UO archives,…
What are the chances our new VPFA Jamie Moffitt is building these sorts of costs into her new auditable athletics overhead calculations? Opportunity cost of the President’s time? It’ll be progress if she just counts the $2 million Jock Box tutoring bill. 8/8/2012.
WSJ legal blog reports the US 2nd circuit court has ruled that cheerleading is not a sport. My recollection is Kilkenny claimed it was, to argue for Title IX gender equity after he ditched wrestling to start a money losing UO baseball team. The solution is simple: ditch baseball.
via the Oregonian: The Chronicle of Higher Education has named 103 public and private colleges as “2012 Great Colleges to Work For,” but no Oregon colleges made the cut. The weekly newspaper based its rankings on a survey of 47,000 college and university employees. They cited communication, respect and good compensation…
From the most recent meeting of the special legislative committee on independent university boards: Board Composition 2 Students, one undergraduate, one graduate (if appropriate) nominated by the relevant student organization(s) and appointed by the Governor. 2 faculty, one nominated by nominated by the faculty senate and one by the faculty…
8/7/2012: That’s the latest rumor from Dave Hubin. Apparently the proposal comes from Bob Berdahl, with support from unnamed other Johnson Hall dwellers. My guess is this is a reaction to my posting of the letters describing Interim Provost Jim Bean’s Berdahlesque sabbatical online last December, during the fight over…
It’s a long story. And some might say Frohnmayer won in the economic sense, having successfully billed the Deschutes County taxpayers for $550 an hour for his work pursuing this failed, politically motivated complaint, while simultaneously collecting a UO paycheck as “President Emeritus” and the 5th highest PERS payout in Oregon history…
UO Unclassified Job Announcements: Executive Assistant And Operations ManagerGeneral Counselhttp://jobs.uoregon.edu/unclassified.php?id=4002 Executive AssistantGeneral Counselhttp://jobs.uoregon.edu/unclassified.php?id=4003 These positions are currently held by Lauren Townsend and Amanda Hatch (whom Geller tried to stick with the random drug testing bag.) There’s been a lot of turnover in Geller’s office, both these jobs were last advertised…
Check the date on Interim Provost Jim Bean’s org chart. His friends are back: I guess it’s time to ask for more contracts, to see what their pay and perks are this time. These are the people advising Gottfredson? Or are we paying them to do, or not do, something else?…
In the Oregonian, here. In case anyone is wondering how the Ducks affect state sentiment for a more independent UO. While I’m posting random links, anyone remember this particular bit of Duck intimidation? Even those who disagree with Sohlberg’s challenge to the sign could have been more vigorous in upholding…
8/4/2012: Jeff Manning of the Oregonian has a story on the woes of recent Oregon law school graduates: increasing debt, flat salaries, falling employment rates. One fact that surprised me: over the past 10 years the number of Oregon lawyers has increased by 10%, about the same rate as population…
Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost Message for August 3, 2012 Colleagues: Last week I mentioned I would provide an update on the Tuesday, July 24 Leadership Retreat afternoon session. That session included participatory discussion of academic priorities for the development campaign and a presentation on technologically enhanced…
Federal law requires annual updates, the 2012-13 plan was due 7/1/2012. The OFCCP has investigated Penny Daugherty’s AAEO office before for their repeated failure to do these plans, and for backdating them to make it look like they had. Last year Lariviere signed it late and just left off the…
That would be Governor McDonnell of Virginia (R), reacting to the UVA President turmoil – and not Governor Kitzhaber of Oregon (D). Washington Post story here. 8/1/2012.