Long story. Back in 2012 Interim UO President Bob Berdahl commissioned this memo from then General Counsel Randy Geller, on how he could disband the UO Senate and ensure its former committees were staffed with his lackeys. Snippets: This abolitionist effort failed. President Schill has adopted a more indirect, long…
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One of the criticisms of the appointment and then reappointment of Ed school Prof Laura Lee McIntyre as the faculty trustee was that she didn’t know much about CAS – and the Board had specifically said the trustee replacing Law Prof Susan Gary should be from CAS. Around the O…
Liveblog: State of the University updates from Pres Schill: 4-year graduation rate is up from about 50% to about 60. Budget situation is not good because of PERS and our heavily unionized environment. [And the failures of our board He’s going to work with Senate on a new policy for…
It’s a tough call, really: President Trump, 11/11/2019: President Schill, 10/10/2019: I can say, without a doubt, that the UO is the most transparent of them all. It’s not even close. The amount of data and information that we make available is truly extraordinary. … I am planning to launch…
Sure, this sounds bad, but apparently he’s brought in lots of grant money and any good defense lawyer will take up the UO administration’s argument and claim it’s part of his important research with bodily fluids. From the BBC:
While UO’s lawyer Paula Barran – acting as the agent of President Schill and the Board of Trustees – has argued it’s OK to pay Freyd less because she doesn’t use bodily fluids or “sophisticated brain imaging” in her research, it appears that her ideas have a power of their…
Dear University of Oregon colleagues, Next week the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This is important to the University of Oregon because for students on our campus, and at other universities across the country, DACA helps provide…
That’s the title of this Op-Ed in the RG today by Jennifer Gomez, one of Jennifer Freyd’s many excellent students. Read it all, here are some snippets: … However, when people from across the country hear where I am from, invariably someone will ask, “What is the matter with University…
Phil Knight, acting through BoT Secretary Angela Wilhelms and Chuck Lillis, or whoever replaces him as BoT Chair. InsideHigherEd had the story on what happened last time, here: … In an interview, Lillis disputed a newspaper account from the meeting that said he created a process that “reserves broad powers…
and give me a chance to win $500 for doing it? Oh, right, they sell textbooks. Is this crap common in other fields? Do Lit profs get emails from Scribners & Sons pushing them to add more Hemingway to their syllabi?
Dear Colleagues, The Faculty Club—your very own “study break” from midterm exam grading—is open during the usual hours this week, Wednesday and Thursday from 5:00 to 8:00. Last week’s Halloween celebration was festive, with a spooky “signature cocktail” and more than half of the attendees in costume. The prize for…
Update, 11/4/2019: Dear Readers – Last week (Halloween to be precise) I received a letter from Attorney Peter Jarvis of the HK law firm. At his request I’ve added the full text to this post (at the bottom) and the pdf is here. He is representing Attorney Paula Barran, who…
The IT help number is 541-346-HELP. They are very helpful, which is good because the online info is useless, at least for macs.
Dear University of Oregon Faculty Members, I am excited to announce that I have selected Graduate School Dean and Vice Provost Janet Woodruff-Borden as the next executive vice provost for academic affairs. Janet joins the Office of the Provost leadership team where she will lead the academic and faculty affairs…
Not that it will matter: Dear University of Oregon Faculty, and Staff: We need your help! Transportation Services conducts a yearly survey to better understand how students, faculty, and staff commute to and from campus. This survey provides a snapshot of commuting trends and your input will help inform transportation…