Update: UO to start using 2-factor identification, someday. No word on whether they’re also going to make me change the duckweb password I’ve used for assigning grades and direct payroll deposit since 1995. Town Hall today at 1 in the Knight browsing room. Thanks to an anonymous reader for forwarding:…
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Dean Adriene Lim of the UO Libraries will step down in July This message about the departure of Adriene Lim, dean of Libraries and Philip H. Knight Chair, was sent by Provost Banavar to faculty and staff in the UO Libraries. May 28, 2019 Dear Colleagues, I am writing to…
Reporter Zach Demars, here. The story mostly goes along with VPFA Jamie Moffitt’s view of the causes of the budget crisis and like our easily manipulated Board of Trustees, avoids discussing solutions such as cutting athletic subsidies, central administrative costs, or consulting projects such as the new faculty tracking software.…
Gina Scaplone had the story last week in the Emerald. Colleen Flaherty at InsideHigherEd has more here. Some snippets: Jennifer Freyd, professor of psychology at the University of Oregon, has spent years studying the concept of institutional betrayal, including when institutions don’t help right the wrongs committed within them. Now Freyd…
Oregonian sportswriter Ken Goe does the due diligence that our board of trustees won’t, here. According to the numbers from VP for Finance Jamie Moffitt, eliminating baseball would allow UO to cut its proposed 8% tuition increase for in-state undergrads to about 4%.
Say it ain’t so! The Daily Emerald’s Michael Tobin reports that UO General Counsel Reed is not investigating, but he is interested in going to LA to meet Michael Avenatti and receive more information from him. But not to investigate. UNLV is investigating, but Reed is just probing the situation.…
HB 2353 has now passed the Oregon House and Senate unanimously, and Governor Brown is expected to sign it soon: I like how the fine goes to the requester of the records. This emergency legislation is indeed necessary for the sake of the public peace. In the past year the…
90 minutes after UO’s gutless Board of Trustees votes to raise in-state tuition: The Oregonian’s James Crepea has the story here.
Just kidding, there’s no sign that Faculty Trustee Laura Lee McIntyre will make any such motion, or raise any questions about why the board continues to rubber-stamp raises for Rob Mullens and his coaches while increasing undergraduate tuition and cutting museums. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Th 9:30 AM FORD ALUMNI CENTER…
11-2 today. Thanks to a reader for the tip: As you know, “The Pioneer” is a statue that glorifies white supremacy and settler-colonial violence against people of color, especially Native people. NASU is holding a protest to take the statue down THIS WEDNESDAY from 11am to 2pm. Please pass this…
See below for some light live-blogging. So far my takeaway is that most of the trustees haven’t done their homework and are asking softball questions, when they have any questions at all. Note that Wednesday’s public committee meetings and the executive (closed) meeting of the board are in the Art…
Location: EMU 145 & 146 (Crater Lake rooms)3:00 – 5:00 P.M. 3:00 P.M. Call to order Introductory Remarks; Senate President Bill Harbaugh 3:15 PM Approval of Minutes February 13, 2019 and May 8, 2019 3:16 PM Business / Reports: Deactivation of Ombuds committee; Heather Quarles (RL) – see https://ombuds.uoregon.edu/what-does-ombuds-program-do Report: Faculty Personnel…
From InsideHigherEd, here. Read it all. The intro: Boost for Community Colleges Means 1-Year Bust for Universities New analysis of Oregon Promise tuition-free scholarship program found that it increased community college enrollment but decreased enrollment at four-year institutions in the first year, and that fewer first-generation and low-income students benefited…
Blurb at https://provost.uoregon.edu/ay2019-20-institutional-hiring-plan list at https://provost.uoregon.edu/sites/provost2.uoregon.edu/files/2019_institutional_hiring_plan_5-21-19.pdf
Update: The Chronicle’s Zipporah Osei has an interview with me here (gated off campus). Q. Do you think you would’ve been able to work with the administration, given the reputation you have with your blog? A. Ironically, I have a very good working relationship with the university’s current president, Michael H.…