As documented in this Eugene Weekly report on the demise of the Register Guard, there is now no regular reporter with a higher ed or UO beat left in the state. Diane Dietz was the last. The Daily Emerald does a great job, but has trouble scraping up the money…
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Apparently this has been going on for a while. They are asking for supporters to show up at tomorrow’s session. Here’s hoping our new administration is handling it more competently than Scott Coltrane, Doug Park, and Harrang et al did last time. The GTF union web page is here.
Word down at the faculty club is that Chairman Harper has finally relented to Senate pressure and agreed to reopen the Faculty Club tomorrow: Dear Colleagues, The Faculty Club opens its doors again this week for the Winter Term, and will continue in operation while university classes are in session.…
That’s the news from the Chronicle of Higher Ed today here by Kristin Doerer (gated if off campus, some clips below) complete with a photo of some squirrelly looking economist: Well, economists do have some experience with the misuse of metrics. From the article: Emily Wu and Kenneth Ancell, two students…
1/13/2019 update: UO football player Sam Poutasi suing UO, Taggart 1 day after Doug Brenner files similar lawsuit Jack Butler and Shawn Medow had the scoop on the second lawsuit in the Daily Emerald on Friday. There are many national news stories on this now, including Austin Meek in the…
#1 is this Rawlsian maximin clamp: “Tested”? And rejected, according to Harsanyi. My experience was more positive. This cost $6 at Bring Recycling and did its job. If you are in need of a clamp, philosophical or otherwise, you should also check out Lance’s Used Tools just down the street, for their excellent prices…
That would be the University of Texas at San Antonio, and they were released by their Provost, Kimberly Espy. Here at UO, interim HR director Missy Matella spoke to the general membership meeting of the faculty union about UO’s pay equity study tonight. Several faculty asked about why the administration had…
Wow is this a dumb move. Here’s hoping their Senate takes action to defend his academic freedom. From InsideHigherEd: Peter Boghossian A hoax revealing that academic journals had accepted fake papers on topics from canine “rape culture” in dog parks to “fat bodybuilding” to an adaption of Mein Kampf met with applause and…
The Chicago Tribune has the story here: A bitter lawsuit between Chicago State University and two professors who published a blog rebuking school leadership is coming to an end after more than four years. Chicago State has agreed to pay $650,000 in damages and attorneys fees to professors Robert Bionaz and Phillip…
An excellent, nuanced story on the statewide program that pays community college tuition for state residents, including undocumented residents, here.
You may recall that there was a bit of trouble in the EMU last time. This year the Eugene City Club is holding it, off campus. UO gave the city club a $5K donation to become a sponsor, contract here. I’ve been told by one City Club member that the…
UO physicist Raghu Parthasarathy’s Eighteenth Elephant blog has a fascinating post about changes in what students are majoring in, here. It was motivated by this report about the decline in history majors, which included this remarkable figure: Obviously there have been huge shifts in what sorts of knowledge undergraduates demand. Raghu takes…
Seems quite possible. The AP, here: HOTAN, China (AP) — Barbed wire and hundreds of cameras ring a massive compound of more than 30 dormitories, schools, warehouses and workshops in China’s far west. Dozens of armed officers and a growling Doberman stand guard outside. Behind locked gates, men and women…
Or at least make an inflated estimate of the cost of finding them? Given that Reed is also the Board’s attorney, you’d think this would be a pretty easy public records request. UO’s federal accreditors require the Board of Trustees to conduct a self-study evaluation every two years: 2.A.8 The board…
Committee Chair Karen Ford says they aim to make a public report in April. That will presumably kick off a campus wide discussion on whether or not to – and if so how to – divide up CAS. Ford has said that she believes the Senate should vote on any…