The Senate leadership first heard about these proposals late last week, although they have apparently been under development by the administration for months. The “discussion drafts” below have not been released to the Senate – these are bootleg copies. These proposals involve substantial changes to current UO policy and procedures regarding…
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4/10/2018 repost, for no particular reason. 6/8/2014: Rumor down at the faculty club is that Gottfredson and Berdahl are closeted in McMorran House, working on a strategy to convince the Trustees to give Gottfredson another chance. From the meeting packet here: June 12, 12:00 pm: Trustees roundtable discussion with Bob Berdahl Ford Alumni Center, Room 403 Presumably Berdahl will be introduced to the board as former…
Apparently not all the deals are transparent and above board: How Nike Dominated Oregon High Schools in 1 Fell Swoosh SFGate/ San Francisco Chronicle, via the Associated Press: UO marketing professor Bettina Cornwell provides expert commentary. This story appears in dozens of media outlets around the country, including The Washington…
Dear Campus Community, Thank you to everyone who has already completed the survey regarding university service opportunities. Between the University Senate and several university committees, there are myriad ways for you to be involved in shared governance at the UO. We know there are countless demands on your time, but…
EMU 231 – Cedar Room. Union officers and assembly members.
4/7/2018 update: Actually, as much as the administration wants to ignore it, the Senate’s hardfought Policy on Academic Freedom does too: c. POLICY AND SHARED GOVERNANCE. Members of the university community have freedom to address, question, or criticize any matter of institutional policy or practice, whether acting as individuals or as…
Assistant Vice President, Marketing and Brand Strategy Apply now(link is external)Job no: 522077 Work type: Officer of Administration Location: Eugene, OR Categories: Business Administration/Management, Communications/Public Relations/Marketing, Executive/Management/Director Department: University Communications Appointment Type and Duration: Regular, Ongoing Salary: $140,000 – $150,000 per year Compensation Band: OS-OA12-Fiscal Year 2017-2018 FTE: 1.0 Application Review Begins May 3, 2018; open until filled Special…
Sorry for the long post. Those who know the history should cut to the bottom for the new letter from the faculty. The UO administration has a long history of making vague charges of bullying, harassment, and “incivility” against faculty who complain about administrative misfeasance and malfeasance, or otherwise question…
Email sent to the UO statutory faculty today: Dear Statutory Faculty: It’s time to start the annual process of electing a new Senate VP & President Elect. This is one position, elected by the Senate at its last Spring meeting. Any statutory (i.e. teaching) faculty are eligible to run (not…
While the introduction of a new processes is one step forward toward a more accountable institutional system, its effectiveness depends on parallel reforms in the governance structure. That would be in Ethiopia. From Inside Higher Ed: Overshadowed by the country’s political crisis, a positive development in the Ethiopian higher education…
The Oregonian and the RG have had a series of stories about the secretive plans to tear down Hayward Field’s east grandstand as part of the effort to put a 30,000 seat stadium on Agate for the state-subsidized IAAF 2021 track championships. http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2018/03/hayward_field_renovation_plan.html The original design by architect and Nike…
Thought I’d repost this classic from last year. More related info soon. 2/15/2017 update: Here (gated if off campus). A snippet: The dust-up at the university began in November when Kenneth Jacoby, a reporter for the Daily Emerald student newspaper, filed two public-records requests for emails exchanged between several coaches…
UO is charging Daily Emerald student reporters $113 for public records that they then won’t produce. But when it comes to PR bullshit, there’s no budget constraint. From http://careers.uoregon.edu/cw/en-us/job/522019/director-of-communications-office-of-the-provost: Job no: 522019 Work type: Officer of Administration Location: Eugene, OR Categories: Communications/Public Relations/Marketing, Executive/Management/Director, Journalism/Communication, Planning/Project Management, Public Policy and Planning Department: University Communications Appointment Type…
At this point the whole metrics fiasco is so toxic that (almost) everyone involved wants to just drop it. Yet it is a well-known fact that Johnson Hall never makes a mistake. What a dilemma! At his recent metrics town hall, after hearing the litany of objections from faculty and…
InsideHigherEd has the news from North Carolina here: The University of North Carolina System Board of Governors named Cecil Staton the next chancellor of East Carolina University in April 2017. Nine months later, the executive search firm hired to recruit Staton refunded $110,000 in professional fees from the search. University…