9/19/2011: Off topic, but too important to ignore. Gays and lesbians can now serve openly in the US military. Army letter here. Photos of service members openly enjoying their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, with a little of the 2nd amendment too, here. Meanwhile, the Marines…
Posts tagged as “Diversity”
9/15/2011 update: I asked Mr. Martin for the AA documents on this hire. After a very little back and forth, I got them. They give convincing reasons for the interim appointment. This is a big improvement from the way UO used to handle these things. And I made a comment…
8/30/2011: Sustainability and Diversity are college administrators’s favorite buzzwords. Here’s UO doing something sensible on sustainability: spend $10 million on energy saving features for buildings that will save $500,000 a year in utility bills and reduce pollution. (But read the comments.) So, what would a sensible approach to increasing diversity…
Update: How public will this search really be? The ad ends with All communications will be treated confidentially. Nominations, inquiries, and applications (including a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and the names of five references) should be directed electronically in confidence to [email protected]. For further information, please contact: Kim M. Morrisson,…
8/22/2011: I don’t like the apparent narrow focus on racial and ethnic diversity in this paper, in comparison to a more inclusive definition that includes first in family to go to college and SES. But I suspect the message extends. As reported by Insidehighered.com: A paper presented here Sunday at the…
8/10/2011: OUS had a whole meeting devoted to Equity and Diversity last month. I challenge you to read the docket and come away with any sense for what they will actually do to address the real problems of college access for low SES Oregonians. OUS will do nothing, except for…
7/15/2011: Here. It’s a mix of the usual complete bullshit and some hopeful signs that we might actually hire someone who will make some progress on these important issues. The best part is that when the administration decides we are still “under-administered” and need a VP for Sustainability, they can…
7/14/2011: Charles Martinez’s OIED spent $903,587 last year – that’s just counting salaries and administrative overhead for his office, not program costs. Add another $100,000 to cover the cost of hiring a search firm to find a competent and honest replacement for him. For comparison, in 2009-10 UO awarded $1,706,250…
7/13/2011: to the “Diversified Search Odgers Berndtson” firm. $75,000 so far, and we don’t have a job description yet. From their prospectus letter: The draft I saw today – it will be posted here on Friday – was a hodgepodge of the usual platitudes – prepare a new “5 year…
7/11/2011: Richard Kahlenberg has a good roundup of recent events, at the Chronicle, followed by this interpretation: Historically, the “diversity rationale” for affirmative action was an important strategic advance for supporters of the policy. The original “remedial rationale”—that racial preferences were necessary to correct for a history of egregious discrimination—suffered…
6/26/2011: The Oregon Daily Emerald editors shred President Lariviere’s proposal to give Jefferson HS students free tuition: Though we appreciate the effort and applaud the attempt to aid in Oregon’s ailing public education system, there are significant problems with the proposal and certain planks of it make for a sad…
6/23/2011: UO is in the process of hiring a new Diversity VP, though at this point Dean Coltrane’s search committee has not put out a position description and he will not respond to requests for a copy of the draft. President Lariviere has just sent out a letter explaining that…
6/18/2011: This is a great idea. From the Oregonian editorial board: With college costs rising at alarming rates, this week’s offer from the University of Oregon to Jefferson High School graduates is a stunner: Free tuition. … Last week, the University of Oregon announced a partnership with Portland Public Schools…
6/7/2011: I’m not a big fan of defining diversity on those narrow grounds. But it you are, the UO faculty are not the problem, the UO administration is. If you look at page 29 of UO’s Affirmative Action Report, you will find that UO’s tenure track faculty is representative…
6/5/2011: UO student Ben DeJarnette adds some diversity of thought to his education – with a joint class with Oregon State Penitentiary inmates. From his Op-Ed in the RG: … As universities do somersaults to achieve diversity in their student bodies, the Inside-Out experience should force us to question what…