5/3/2011: It’s a very balanced report, makes clear they understand classroom teaching is a small part of what many professors at a research university do or should do. Calls for Chancellor Pernsteiner to collect data, monitor the situation, implement some sensible policies (most of which most UO departments I know…
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5/2/2011: Two press releases announce what seems to be an excellent resolution of the ORI / Riverfront Research situation. ORI will get a building south of the millrace Millrace Drive, in the area already under development. No further development in the RRP will happen without a plan and a public…
5/2/2011: The most recent draft (2009) of UO’s Academic plan is posted on Provost Bean’s website. There are pages and pages of yada-yada, but the meat is on page 9: Institution Size. We intend to increase the size of the incoming freshman class and to grow the campus to a…
BOSTON — The suicide of the former Chicago Bears star Dave Duerson became more alarming Monday morning, when Boston University researchers announced that Duerson’s brain had developed the same trauma-induced disease recently found in more than 20 deceased players. The diagnosis adds a new and perhaps pivotal chapter to football’s…
5/2/2011: From Kevin Kiley at Insidehighered.com: One major argument that organizers said stuck with faculty members was that professors consistently felt like they had no voice in university governance. … AFT and AAUP are currently working with faculty members at the University of Oregon to establish a union there, though…
5/1/2011: This NY Times article discusses how the UT system is working with state K-12 programs, in some creative ways.
4/28/2011: You can make quite a bit of money in academia, as long as your job does not involve teaching students or doing research. We wrote last year about UO General Counsel Randy Geller’s big raise: As GC, Melinda Grier had been paid $184,710 – this was after 12 years…
4/26/2010: Read it all. Full text here. This is an astoundingly revealing letter to the UO research community, from VP for Research Rich Linton and VP for Finance and Administration Frances Dyke. Both senior administrators are now leaving their jobs. Linton was fired did not have his contract renewed by…
Update, 4/27/2011: One week after my post below, Barack Obama finally released his long form birth certificate. Coincidence? Every other sentient being on the planet may think so, but not me and this other guy with a website. With the help of Donald Trump and Oregon Attorney General John Kroger,…
Update, 4/27/2011: I went to today’s faculty forum, moderated by Larry Singell. It was well attended, and people seemed relatively open about speaking their minds. The review committee made it very clear that they would not report quotes or attribute statements to particular speakers, and that people were free to…
4/27/2011: This fight has to give the union supporters pause. The AFT says “part-timers must have full voting rights on all union matters, including the election of officers and the ratification of contracts.”
4/26/2011: From Mat Wolf in the ODE: An official complaint alleging sexual harassment and unlawful employment practices within the University’s Department of Public Safety was filed with the state Bureau of Labor and Industries last summer. In the complaint, Jennifer Parker, a former DPS employee whose employment was terminated on…
4/27/2014: That would be in North Dakota. The SPLC has the story here. 5/26/2011: University foundations to follow open records law In California, that is. The UO Foundation is no fan of transparency. Last year they actually went to Attorney General Kroger and procured a special ruling exempting them from…
4/25/2011: Not news to any college professor, from Sam Dillon in the NY Times. It’s all up to us:
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5/2/2011: The latest issue of the Oregon Commentator is out, large pdf here. Alex Tomchak Scott tells the story of the guy who rides across campus every morning, screaming about LTD. I didn’t read it all, but apparently Frances Dyke just appointed him Vice Provost for Sustainable Transportation. Ben Maras…