update from Anonymous: It is a sad day at the University of Oregon when an administrator with the integrity and character of Rich Linton decides it’s time to leave. As Roast Duck says, he is a classy guy. While significantly elevating the profile of research, Rich always worked toward the…
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Update: Linton’s own public statement is here: It is satisfying for me to leave knowing that the UO has seen increasing research accomplishments by its faculty, including sustained growth in sponsored research funding, interdisciplinary research initiatives and innovations supporting technology transfer and development. I am deeply grateful for our faculty,…
5/25/2010: Across the board cuts. From Harry Esteve in the Oregonian: The sheer size of the drop stunned lawmakers, who listened in stony silence as state economist Tom Potiowsky and senior economist Josh Harwood went through the numbers. .. House Minority Leader Bruce Hanna, R-Roseburg, said the shortfall “is a product…
5/24/2010: From Rachel Bachman in the Oregonian: Lariviere recounted when Bellotti told him — amid his first year as athletic director after stepping down as football coach — that ESPN was seeking to hire him. “That’s when he told me that we owed him a great deal of money as…
5/23/2010: UO Journalism student Briselda Molina has a very thought provoking op-ed in the RG asking if public universities should charge the children of illegal immigrants in-state tuition. I know UO students like the one she writes about – brought to Oregon by their parents as infants or young children,…
5/22/2010: Normally when you make a request to the Oregon DOJ for public records, you get a reply from DOJ Attorney Michael Kron, the DOJ’s Government Transparency Czar. So when I asked for the full report on the Bellotti investigation, I was a little surprised to get a denial from…
5/22/2010: Rachel Bachmann in the Oregonian reports on two legislative hearings regarding UO: Democratic State Senator Rick Metsger will investigate allegations from union groups that money from the $200 million state bond sale for arena construction has been spent illegally, and …, the House Education Committee will hold a separate…
5/21/2010: Emma Kallaway gave a very good speech. His PhD advisor showed up, so this must be a big deal. So did an amazingly large faculty contingent. Good vibes, and not just from the tuba and drums. It was damn good speech. He explained his passionate commitment to public higher…
5/21/2010: … any day now. Because when you have been a VP for 5 years and you are still wasting your colleagues’ time with desperate emails about how “transformative change has been seeded”, it’s just a matter of when, not if: May 20, 2010 To: Deans and Directors From: Charles…
5/20/2010: The official organ of the Socialist Worker’s Party opposes Lariviere’s restructuring plan. I’d been waiting for them to weigh in. The Oregonian, on the other hand, is much more positive (this is from 5/15, not sure how I missed it – thanks, anonymous UO administration person.) … But what…
5/20/2010: From Insidehighered.com. UW-Superior and UW-Eau Claire.
5/19/2010: An entertaining and educational exchange on education and entertainment: What’s the proper role of athletics in public education? Athletics is…. You’re buying into the—that’s the Lady Gaga syndrome. How so? It’s entertainment, and I’m very grateful that we have that vehicle to get our name and our mission out.…
5/18/2010: Is tenure at UO for faculty or for administrators? The Academic Affairs website says: Only faculty members with regular appointments at half-time or more (.50 full-time equivalent or FTE) at the ranks of instructor, senior instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, or professor can be considered for tenure. We’ve now…
5/18/2010 update: After a 2 year delay Dr. Martinez has now written up a description of his job duties, and he’s even posted it online. Now we just need to get President Lariviere to post it on the UO jobs site, and UO can have an open Affirmative Action compliant…
4:00-5:30pm, 150 Columbia The purpose of the meeting is to consider a motion to approve the revised internal governance document necessitated by a Department of Justice opinion dated 11/7/08 concerning the structure of shared governance at the University of Oregon. The agenda for the meeting and the text of the…