1/25/2011: Dennis Howard is a B-school prof in the UO sports-marketing department. His work is on the tradeoff between athletic donations and donations to the academic side. In a 2004 paper using data from UO donors, he concludes: At least contextually, there is evidence that a winning program may significantly…
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rejected by the Michigan faculty. The interesting part? For faculty members hired as assistant professors at Michigan, tenure is not a certainty. Between 1982 and 2004, 54.6 percent of those hired as assistant professors received tenure, according to Michigan’s office of budget and planning. It is almost unheard of for…
1/25/2011: The Oregon Commentator provides excellent interviews with campus notables in its latest issue. Mostly campus notables who haven’t been on campus long enough to know that they will regret it. Our new Dean of Students, Paul Shang, for example: OC: The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education has listed…
1/24/2011: The faculty union organizers have been quiet lately, but this 2/17 event looks interesting.
searching through the UO accounts for expenses for our “self-supporting” athletic department that are actually paid by the academic side. The $2 million in general funds for the Jock Box tutoring is just one example. Here’s another – our NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative: I’d never even heard of this position…
1/23/2011: Some readers might be interested in the blog and forums at angrybeavs.com. Mostly OSU sports, but the occasional academic issue pops up. It seems to be the work of an OSU professor.
1/23/2011: From David Sarasohn in the Oregonian. No specifics.
1/20/2011: Steps down as interim AD, but kept the benefits, and a nice chunk of the $360,000 salary. I wonder what arrangement she and Rob Mullens have for this year? How long will this go on? Who is running UO? What does paying for her car and cell phone have…
1/20/2011: Once again Nigel Jaquiss posts a confidential Gary/Frohnmayer letter to the DOJ regarding the Long/Hayes/Kitzhaber investigation, probably before the postal service even got it to Salem. Read his WWeek story here.
1/20/2011: Rumor has it that Frances Dyke has struck again, firing longtime DPS Captain Herb Horner. Apparently she decided she could blame him for the Matt Court $10 parking screw-up. My understanding is that Horner held DPS together through two of Ms. Dyke’s botched DPS Director hires: Richard Turkiewicz and…
1/20/2011: This will make it tougher for the UO administration and Randy Geller and Liz Denecke to hide information from the public. RG story by David Steves here. The DOJ summary of the legislation is here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJan. 19, 2011 Contact:Tony [email protected] ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN KROGER UNVEILS GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY…
1/19/2011: I’m not sure who is crazier: The 12 of 127 readers that give Chip Kelly worse than a B, or the 30 of 162 who give Frances Dyke better than a D. Why is she still running the show? Because Provost Bean and President Lariviere want her to. Why…
1/19/2011: Tony Van Vliet is a serious guy with a long and distinguished career as a professor at OSU and as a real public servant. And he is pissed. Van Vliet was state representative from 1975-95, was a Ways and Means Committee member for 17 years and later was a…
1/19/2011: Not good news. From Stefan Verbano in the Emerald: The Oregon Student Association board of directors voted unanimously last Saturday to combat the University’s New Partnership, arguing that excluding public officials from the school’s governance process threatens its accountability to the state. … “There has been no mention of…
1/18/2011: This decision will focus some official attention on the benefits of government transparency: Judge rules commissioners violated Oregon’s public meetings lawBy Karen McCowan The Register-Guard Published: Tuesday, Jan 18, 2011 01:15PM Lane County Commissioners Rob Handy and Pete Sorenson willfully violated Oregon’s public meetings law in the course of…