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Frohnmayer takes umbrage, RG calls for PERS transparency

2/3/2013 update. Former UO President Frohnmayer sends the email below, correcting several points on the post below, and giving his opinion on others. The last email I got from Frohnmayer also vaguely threatened a defamation lawsuit, but he dropped that after the state Audits Division told him he really was under investigation.…

Administrators gone bad

3/28/2012 Update: Link to Boston Globe story on Cotton here: 2/29/2012: Furloughs for faculty, big tuition raises for students, huge bonuses for administrators. At Howard University, from insidehighered.com. I like this quote: Raymond D. Cotton, a Washington lawyer who specializes in presidential contracts, said the incentives Howard offered — often…

UO Matters’s worst of 2011

January: Phil Barnhart discusses legislative opposition to a UO Board February: Pernsteiner’s Treetops scam revealed in Register Guard UO Professor Dennis Howard shows UO athletic success hurts giving to UO academics Frances Dyke “decides to retire” – in September 2012 March: Frohnmayer’s golden parachute deal April: Multi-million ORSA / Huron…

UO’s new "Diversity and Inclusion" hire

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,…

Frohnmayer repays salary to UO

7/20/2011: When UO President Dave Frohnmayer retired he negotiated a very sweet retirement deal with OUS Chancellor George Pernsteiner. Too sweet. A week after someone raised questions about the unusual salary Frohnmayer received last summer – no work expectations and 3 retroactive contracts – Frohnmayer had to write UO out…