According to the Institutional Research website, the year before President Schill came to UO we had 2,066 faculty and 1,393 senior administrators and OA’s. As of this November, we have 2,075 faculty, and 1,546 senior administrators and OA’s: That is an 0.4% increase in faculty and an 11% increase in…
UO Matters
Of course I’m not talking about Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum. This comes from New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas. The Albuquerque Journal has the story here: SANTA FE – Attorney General Hector Balderas is asking state lawmakers to adopt legislation making it clear that the University of New Mexico…
Another year, another panel data observation.
2/14/2019 update II: My attempt to add a hotel receipt and a few meals and lyfts to an already approved trip continues: After spending another hour with Concur today, I cracked and went down to the department office, a broken man. I pled for help from one of the smartest…
SENATE MEETING AGENDA 3:00 – 5:00 P.M. Location: EMU 145 & 146 (Crater Lake rooms) Livestream here. 3:00 P.M. Call to order Introductory Remarks; Senate President Bill Harbaugh University update: President Mike Schill 3:29 PM Approval of Minutes October 3, 2018, November 14, 201, November 28, 2018 not yet available, see links below…
Their administration had been trying to eliminate jobs, freeze salaries, and cut benefits. Strikes by tenure track faculty are very rare, and typically only last a day or two. This was the longest I know of, at ~4 weeks. About half the faculty walked out, and their classes were being…
Daily Emerald reporters Michael Tobin and Zach Price have the scoop here, read it all. Some snippets: Three University of Oregon professors associated with the university’s Portland architecture program are suing UO and College of Design Dean Christoph Lindner for just under $4.3 million, alleging that Lindner and the university engaged…
Altman’s original contract with UO paid him a bonus if ticket sales went above $4M. He failed, so AD Rob Mullens just rolled this into his base pay, then gave him another raise, then in 2017 still more. Last year Altman brought in $2.6M in ticket sales but cost $2.8M…
13th Street redesign meeting: Feb. 7 with an open house to gather community feedback from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the EMU’s Lease Crutcher Lewis Room, with light refreshments provided. Personally I’d rank this near the bottom of any list of how to best spend money, but whatever, I assume it’s…
2/5/2019: After adjusting for cost of living increases, Oregonian’s average real income rose 2.7% last year: The UO faculty, not so much: 1/18/2019: Provost announces 1.1% pay cut for UO faculty I’m no economist, but I can subtract. Last week the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the cost of living in…
Just kidding, it will save the Ducks millions, and I’m guessing Pres Schill will let AD Rob Mullens spend it on himself and his coaches, as usual. USA Today has the story here, from Steve Berkowitz: … The federal tax-law changes passed in December 2017 included the creation of an excise…
2/4/2019 update:
Back in the day HLGR partners Sharon Rudnick and Jeff Matthews brought in some serious billable hours from UO as they tried to learn labor law on the fly, bargaining against the faculty union and the GTFF. They got schooled.
Harrang is now reduced to pitching its services to potential clients who think a strike is a good thing:
6/30/2018: Harrang, Long, Gary, & Rudnick’s remaining lawyers now working from a shopping mall across the river
You can’t make this stuff up. Zack Demars has the story in the Daily Emerald on the “deliberations” of the Tuition Fee Advisory Board, here: … One of the major considerations by the board was public perception: The board settled on 2.97 percent to keep the advertised increase slightly below…
Apparently the l*wsuit threat has been resolved, and the show is on: 8pm, Saturday, February 2. Aasen-Hull Hall (RM 190) UO School of Music and Dance, 961 East 18th Ave. Eugene. Admission: free, BYOB. The conference is organized by Professors Brian McWhorter and Toby Koenigsberg. Keynote speakers will include Professor…
I’m no sports fan, but my dad was, so even I know that yesterday would have been Robinson’s 100th birthday, and that he was a hero who turned a ball game into something that mattered for us all. Duck basketball coach Dana Altman, on the other hand, is something far…