8/7/2012: That’s the latest rumor from Dave Hubin. Apparently the proposal comes from Bob Berdahl, with support from unnamed other Johnson Hall dwellers. My guess is this is a reaction to my posting of the letters describing Interim Provost Jim Bean’s Berdahlesque sabbatical online last December, during the fight over…
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Check the date on Interim Provost Jim Bean’s org chart. His friends are back: I guess it’s time to ask for more contracts, to see what their pay and perks are this time. These are the people advising Gottfredson? Or are we paying them to do, or not do, something else?…
Not sure why this took me so long to find. The San Francisco Chronicle, 2005: UC’S PAID LEAVES CALLED ‘BETRAYAL’ – REGENTS’ EDICT IGNORED – 3 top managers were given lucrative furloughs in violation of university policy: Former UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Berdahl received a 13 1/2-month leave at $315,600…
and another 7/6/2012 update: From: “Provost Office” Subject: Hello Again Date: July 6, 2012 2:14:06 PM PDT To: Reply-To: [email protected] Colleagues:I have just returned to the Provost’s Office after an eight month leave. I thank Lorraine Davis for doing a great job in the role of Acting Senior Vice President and Provost. She left…
6/13/2012: Her working group report is here. His lame BS is here:
6/1/2012: Rejoice, faculty! It’s the first day of our glorious Provost Jim Bean’s return to Johnson Hall. I’d make a public records request for a copy of his contract, but I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay Bob Berdahl and Randy Geller a dime for it. (Though an anonymous…
5/24/2012: From an email sent out today by Bob Berdahl: … As you know, my term as interim president ends September 15. I am optimistic about our search for the University of Oregon’s 17th president. I have begun preparing for the transition by convening a campus readiness team that is…
are not going to happen, I’ve got a defense. Live video is here. I did catch the part where Bob Berdahl announced that Jim Bean would return as provost on July 1, after a transition starting June 1. Back of the envelope the cost to UO of Bean’s strange sabbatical…
4/3/2012: In a previous post I said that Provost Bean was being paid 60% of his administrative salary and a BMW while he was on a sabbatical to do research in his field of genetic algorithms and operations research. My statements were false. Bean is not getting a Beamer while…
that would be the Portland State provost. Search info here. Four finalists brought to campus, the job went to Sona Karentz Andrews, a VC at OUS and former Provost at Boise State. Meanwhile all indications are that Pres Berdahl is going to bring back Jim Bean as UO provost this…
2/20/2012: There’s a lot of misinformation about student-faculty ratios floating around. If you look at the number of students per tenure track faculty, you get this: All the data from UO institutional research. It’s ugly, so Jim Bean has been counting NTTFs, which makes us look much prettier. I’ve got…
2/16/2012: From the union organizer’s website here: How can faculty have a real voice in setting priorities? Thursday, February 16th4:00-5:30pm115 Lawrence Hear speakers address these critical areas: Howard Bunsis, a professor of accounting at Eastern Michigan University and Secretary-Treasurer of the AAUP Dr. Bunsis, an expert in the analysis of…
1/28/2012: From an anonymous commenter: Having squandered millions in excessive administrative budget increases, remodeling their offices, golden parachutes, and other brilliant ideas, Johnson Hall’s solution for science startups is to spend against reserves in the humanities and social sciences. Despite having the least funding per student on campus, these programs…
1/28/2012: Berdahl should have announced he was giving Bean an interim appointment ending June 2013. This would satisfy the immediate need for a body to fill out the provost’s suit. It would also leave the deck clear for the next president to do an open search. But no: Colleagues: The…
1/17/2012: I was wrong. I said Jim Bean was getting $775 a month to pay for his BMW while he was on sabbatical. But, in truth, Bean was only getting the Beamer money while he was Provost: Now that he’s on sabbatical, it appears he’s only getting 60% of $322,140.…