The ODE has the story, with video: Most of the staff and administrators had cleared out prior to students entering except for President Berdahl himself and a few of his staff. Berdahl spoke with students on why tuition increases needed to be implemented as well as other issues surrounding state…
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Update: The union Organizing Committee currently has 32 members listed. 5 are from PoliSci, 4 from Romance Languages, 3 from Music. German and Scandinavian has 2, as do History, AEI, and PE and Rec. None of these people were elected by anyone. They are making lots of important decisions that…
I’m no economist, so I won’t even claim to know if this makes sense. It does make the Howard Slusher / Frances Dyke deal look like chump change – with us as the chumps, of course. 6/4/2012.
6/4/2012: LA Times article on why so many students leave CA for college: The University of Oregon, which enrolled about 500 California freshmen five years ago, has also seen that figure balloon to more than 1,000 in 2011. The university’s increased presence in the Golden State, paired with the wandering…
A remarkable story from Brad Wolverton in the Chronicle. A must read for anyone who has ever had a troubled player in class. A lot of people are making a lot of money off these guys. They deserve a better deal than the leftovers the NCAA and its enablers toss…
6/3/2012: Bob Berdahl says UO can’t afford to give a few $200 fee waivers for public records requests anymore. And UO’s “self-supporting” athletics department can’t pay the $2 million a year that they are spending on athlete only Jock Box tutoring, so Jim Bean is taking it from the regular…
6/3/2012: A quick and dirty search finds ~160 unclassified 0.49 FTE appointments – meaning people with a large UO commitment, but no UO health benefits. I don’t know what proportion are faculty, but it’s clearly significant, and this will likely be an important issue for the CBA.
Update 6/3/2012: I’m sort of slow on this, but I’m wondering if the OC can even make the decision to open up their meetings. It looks to me like United Academics is currently a branch of the AAUP/AFT, with no legal standing of its own. Here’s the signature for the…
6/2/2012: John Lombardi of InsideHigherEd gives the shocking details here. But what to make of the fact that Coach Kelly charged the Willie Lyles payoff to the “Books Publication & Other Ref.” account? And I wonder what players Otto Harrassowitz recruited to the Ducks? I’d look into it, but I…
Update: 6/1/2012: Colton Totland reports in the RG that OUS has figured out how to pay for Provost Bean’s beamer and sabbatical, and Pernsteiner’s mortgage too. Still no plan from UO to increase faculty hiring or build new classrooms. Pathetic. 5/30/2012: The ODE reports: The University will submit it’s proposal…
6/1/2012: Rejoice, faculty! It’s the first day of our glorious Provost Jim Bean’s return to Johnson Hall. I’d make a public records request for a copy of his contract, but I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay Bob Berdahl and Randy Geller a dime for it. (Though an anonymous…
5/31/2012 updates. The Volokh Conspiracy gives a round-up and some analysis. From Peter Schmidt in the Chronicle: A national federation of more than 200 Indian-American groups has joined two other prominent Indian organizations in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to end race-conscious college admissions in a case involving the University…
Because that’s what’s wrong with Oregon education – not enough administrators. Betsy Hammond has the story in the Oregonian. Never heard of this guy. Anyone? 5/29/2012: He’s an outsider with a reputation for shaking things up. Let’s give him a chance. Mostly positive editorial in Oregonian.
5/30/2012: Wishywashy, here.
5/29/2012: At the most recent UO Senate meeting President Rob Kyr announced that Pres Berdahl had asked him to appoint committees to address three issues: conflicts of interest, personal attacks, and leadership. Don’t get me started on the UO administration’s surplus of conflicts of interests and their shortage of leadership.…