6/20/2011: From Franklin Bains: … We’re in a tough spot; the University’s tuition is set to increase by nine percent this fall and public funding to fight the skyrocketing tuition is nowhere to be found. It’s going to take a radical solution to solve the dilemma of decreased public funding…
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6/20/2011: Deborah Bloom of the ODE manages to extract some qualifying language from Professor Galvan on Gabon: “It’s one thing to say we won’t do business in Africa,” Galvan said. “It’s another thing to say we are going to understand the African reality of what a change toward good governance…
6/18/2011: This is a great idea. From the Oregonian editorial board: With college costs rising at alarming rates, this week’s offer from the University of Oregon to Jefferson High School graduates is a stunner: Free tuition. … Last week, the University of Oregon announced a partnership with Portland Public Schools…
6/18/2010: It only seems fair. The best definition earns a UO Matters coffee cup. Sent to the winner, or to the Huron consultant of their choice.
6/17/2011: Jeff Mapes reports progress with Kitzhaber’s K-16 reform bills, including SB909: SALEM — Oregon legislators broke a session-long logjam over education policy Friday by beginning to move several bills that could eventually have a big impact on students and their schools. The legislation includes Gov. John Kitzhaber’s proposal to…
6/17/2011: From Nigel Jaquiss at WWeek: “We have made mistakes in a small number of high profile cases,” Kroger said in a statement. “This week, I learned that in addition to these errors, Chief Counsel Riddell had deleted a large number of government e-mails under the mistaken belief that they…
6/17/2011: Full Oregonian editorial here: It’s possible that the rancor between the board and the president is already too deep to produce the kind of unified chorus that the system needs. But that would also be a loss. Lariviere, although leaving a trail of broken china in his wake, has…
6/17/11: From the Statesman Journal editors blog: – President Lariviere was absent for three of the five full State Board of Higher Education meetings during the 2010-11 fiscal year. – His new contract has not been written but these are the conditions read during the board’s meeting by telephone this…
6/17/2011: UO has an entire press office to report the fluff, so here at UO Matters we concentrate on the bad shit. I think those economists call this comparative advantage derived from idiosyncratic factor endowments. But, frankly, it’s getting harder to be so relentlessly negative. Our kleptomaniac President Emeritus Dave…
6/16/2011: at UO today! Luxury Suites Service Manager, Athletics RESPONSIBILITIES:The Luxury Suite Services Manager reports directly to the Director of Food and Hospitality Services and is responsible for managing the food and beverage service provided to luxury suite owners attending sporting or entertainment events. The Luxury Suite Services Manager works…
6/15/2011: From Bill Graves in the Oregonian: University of Oregon President Richard Lariviere must become a team player, show up at board meetings and stop putting his university at odds with the state system if he wants to keep his job, says the State Board of Higher Education. … (UO…
6/15/2011: Steve Duin of the Oregonian uses words, to equal effect, on the UO armed police legislation: Yes, I think we can all agree that something drastic must be done to stop University of Oregon cornerback Cliff Harris from red-lining another rental car and further terrorizing the highways and byways…
6/15/2011: UO Matters’s foreign correspondents have been hard at work on the UO Gabon partnership. Turns out the US Ambassador Eric Benjaminson is a UO alum and football fan – pretty sure he’s not talking soccer. Finalement, c’est un réel plaisir de vous présenter le Dr. Dennis Galvan et John…
6/15/2011: What UO says about Gabon President Ali Bongo, via its press office: Gabon, with a population of 1.5 million, is one of the richest nations in its region after 50 years of coastal and offshore oil production. But its leaders acknowledge that oil will not last forever, and its…
Pernsteiner whips rogue Lariviere
6/20/2011: That’s according to Deborah Bloom of the ODE. But it’s all OK, Lyzi Diamond of the Oregon Commentator reports that Oregon is rated #1 out of the 50 states for the most personal freedom.