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Professor Emeritus status

6/29/2011: (revised, corrected to note existence of the old rules and the fact that they are also illegal) At some universities it’s automatic. At the University of Montana, it’s apparently subject to the petty whims of the faculty. The UO Senate approved new rules in 2010, but the entire package…

Quacks like a subsidy

6/28/2011: UO’s Athletic Director Rob Mullens claims the Ducks are self supporting and don’t take any money from the state or the academic general fund. USA Today got the spending data from most Division I schools via public records requests. They report the Ducks took $2.6 million last year, up…

Gabon and the Koch Foundation

6/28/2011: The Koch Foundation’s academic grants – which come with many strings – are in the news again, Dan Berrett has an excellent piece in Insidehighered.comhttp://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/06/28: It concludes with this: The best way to safeguard a university’s interests and commitment to academic freedom is to be clear about expectations up…

A flawed PR move

6/26/2011:  The Oregon Daily Emerald editors shred President Lariviere’s proposal to give Jefferson HS students free tuition: Though we appreciate the effort and applaud the attempt to aid in Oregon’s ailing public education system, there are significant problems with the proposal and certain planks of it make for a sad…

Legislative updates

6/24/1011 SB242, having passed the Senate a while ago, is now moving through the House. If you understand what is going on please leave a comment. 6/23/2011: The Oregonian reports the legislature has cut Chancellor Pernsteiner’s pay and benefits package by 11%. Just kidding, it’s for higher ed in general.…