3/1/2010: Most of what I’ve seen on this (e.g. the Frohnmayer report) simply assumes they should, reporting clearly misleading numbers like the fact that college graduates earn more. (The average effect, not the marginal. Because they go to college, or because they are smart enough to go to college? Doesn’t…
UO Matters
2/28/2010: Mark Baker of the RG has a few stories today on the UO football team’s troubles. Best quote is from Eugene sports psychologist Steven Ungerleider, the author of the wonderfully titled “Faust’s Gold“, a book on the East German athletic industry. A guy who clearly knows a thing or…
2/26/2010: Insidehighered.com has a story on troubles with AAUP union voting procedures. The AAUP and the AFT are jointly sponsoring the UO OA/Faculty union organizing effort: WASHINGTON — An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor has forced the American Association of University Professors to redo last year’s election for…
2/26/2010: In breaking news, we’ve now obtained summary data on UO’s cheese and egg expenditures. But many questions remain. Tillamook Cheddar? Oregonzola? Individually wrapped slices of processed american? President Lariviere is still refusing to tell the faculty. This stinks. And why are top UO administrators – you know who you…
2/25/2010: Not much worth posting lately. That’s a good thing. Also good, the legislature is letting us sell bonds for a new 451 bed dorm “residence hall”. What do they call them at Hogwarts? Senate funds University of Oregon residence hall — Daily Journal of Commerce (The first step toward…
2/24/2010: From the Greg Bolt story today in the RG: According to the latest figures released by the university, the UO brought in $75.6 million in the first seven months of its fiscal year, a pace that would easily surpass the goal of $90 million to $100 million a year…
2/22/2010: Seems like a good time to remind people that the UO athletics department’s claims of self-sufficiency are pretty thin. Through a very odd deal tied to a failed sports gambling game, the state Lottery Commission pays $1.2 million a year to the UO athletic department for athletic scholarships. The…
3/1/2010: The football team apparently made it through the weekend arrest free. The cheerleading squad, on the other hand, reports a DUI. 2/22/2010: Rumor is that a Lane County Grand Jury is investigating the Masoli / Embry laptop assault and will make a decision this week. 2/22/2010: James apparently beat…
2/19/2010: I got an extensive anonymous post in the comments section this morning from a Paula Rogers supporter. I don’t have any inside knowledge about this case, but the general pattern of retaliation – for which the jury awarded damages – and counterproductive behavior by the UO General Counsel’s office…
Eleven people have now emailed me the memo below. Yeah, I got it too. Sorry, it’s beyond parody. I love the small Department graduations we have now. So far as I can tell these are almost unique to UO, most schools have one big, long ceremony. With ours the students…
2/17/2010: People may remember current Senate President Tublitz’s Motion on Financial Transparency, from last April. Passed on a unanimous voice vote, it says MOTION: The University Senate directs the University of Oregon Administration to establish a publicly accessible, on-line budget reporting system at the University of Oregon by 1 September…
2/16/2010: From the NYT story on a survey showing “public discontent with colleges”: “They think college is important, but they’re really losing trust in the management and leadership.”
2/16/2010: KVAL has been doing a lot of good reporting on UO lately. From Todd Milbourn: A study conducted by the Undergraduate Council found the number of A’s given increased 10 percent over a 12-year period. The school’s overall grade point average rose 5 percent. Meanwhile, the average SAT scores of…
2/16/2010: From today’s Karen McGowan story in the RG, follow up to yesterday: A former professor who last week won a reverse race discrimination lawsuit against the University of Oregon said Monday that she feels vindicated by the federal jury’s verdict but is still paying a high price for the…
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