1/28/2012: Berdahl should have announced he was giving Bean an interim appointment ending June 2013. This would satisfy the immediate need for a body to fill out the provost’s suit. It would also leave the deck clear for the next president to do an open search. But no: Colleagues: The…
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1/27/2012: Or maybe not. Reality check from Rutgers Who’s right and who’s wrong? The bottom line is that it doesn’t matter, since the administration has lost the trust of its own professors, who routinely perceive it as incompetent, venal and corrupt. As Eaton and her colleagues put it, “The administration…
1/27/2012: things are *really* going to hell. From Susan Palmer in the RG: The Springfield district also had a slight increase in the four-year graduation rate, up a point to 62 percent, even as one of its schools, Springfield High, saw its rate drop by almost 6 points. … The…
1/27/2012: Apparently she’s still on the payroll though – as a special assistant to interim Provost Lorraine Davis. Sure is fun spending other people’s money on your friends. Shades of John Moseley. I don’t envy Moffitt having to do the performance evaluations on the rest of her crew. Lots of…
1/26/2012: Pretty chilling to watch: Video: Nike’s Knight rips PSU Trustees
Update: Geller’s quotes come from here: http://ous.edu/state_board/polipro Check out the board policies and IMD pdf’s – for example athletics. There are all kinds of things UO and OUS pay no attention to in practice. Except when it’s convenient for them to use them against the faculty. 1/26/2012: This will get…
1/25/2012: Had a comment about this a few days ago: DPS secretly swore in police officers last week and no one from the public was invited. Free lunch and beverages provided along with the rights to be a cop and arrest people. I heard it was mainly the administrators that…
1/25/2012: It’s taking George a while to find UO community members willing to serve on a committee with him. Wonder why. If you are faculty and haven’t been contacted, you are probably not on the list. Pernsteiner and Ford will be here next month to explain themselves – Matt Donegan…
1/25/2012: Back in Feb 2010 – almost 2 years ago – I wrote the overly optimistic post below, about Brad Shelton’s “New Budget Model”. The idea was that money should follow students – except for a tax for central admin expenditures. At the time the tax rate for Johnson Hall…
1/24/2012: Wow – they are actually asking for faculty opinions: We present, for your consideration, Barbara Altmann and Doug Blandy as finalists for the position of Senior Vice Provost. We will be holding an open forum for each of the candidates during the week of January 30th. Presentation details, candidate…
1/24/2012: The most common reason workers unionize is bad management. Johnson Hall is a case study of dysfunction, so guess what’s happening? Word is that the union organizers already have more than 1/2 the signatures they need, and they are ending the quiet phase early: An Invitation from the United…
1/23/2012: Mocked, maybe. And this is a news piece, not opinion, from Betsy Hammond in the Oregonian.
1/23/2012: Mostly deal with athletic scandals. And peanut butter. Penn State, from the Chronicle: The meeting of the trustees, which was watched by several thousand people on the Internet and had been moved to a larger venue to accommodate members of the public and media, lasted for several hours. It…
1/23/2012: Or maybe that offer wasn’t rich enough, according to the latest from the RGand Canzano. 1/22/2012: I didn’t check, but I assume that’s some sort of a football team, not a rum drink with an umbrella. Story here. More here. Under the NCAA college football is so corrupt it…
1/23/2012: There is a lot of material on the UO HR unionization website, presumably put together with the help of the administration’s $300 anti-union consultants. The FAQ explains how card check works, I assume accurately. One important point: If the faculty becomes unionized, could I negotiate separately with my dean…