Documents and links regarding OUS, SB242, and SB909 and the Oregon Education Board. Last updated 8/29/2011. General: Kitzhaber’s chief education adviser is Ben Cannon, who resigned from the legislature for the $105,000 job. Oregon Education Investment Board. Est. by SB909, ostensibly controls K-12 and OUS Tim Nesbitt, head. Members to…
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8/27/2011: Bold talk, I know – the competition is Olympic caliber. But read Steve Duin’s Oregonian post and judge for yourself. Last year’s story on Pernsteiner here.
Update 7/21/2011: Nesbitt has not been a big fan of the New Partnership. From his Oregonian Op-Ed in March: So if I were calling political plays for UO, I’d give up on any strategy that requires state borrowing and signal the coaches to do the following: Go for two. Offer…
7/17/2011: OUS meetings usually consist of George Pernsteiner and the Board chair (was Paul Kelly, soon Matt Donegan) telling UO how much money they are going to take from us for “overhead“. This 7/21/2011 governance meeting looks slightly more interesting. The docket is a review of how other states handle…
7/15/2011: More docs on the way on Pernsteiner’s croissant expenditures, Treetops, and the OUS board. Probably next week. Vice Chancellor Jay Kenton is looking into the question of whether or not to let Pernsteiner keep his dual housing allowances, maid, etc. My guess is this will be a long process…
7/8/2011: From Bill Graves in the Oregonian. Yes, Lariviere showed for the OUS meeting – video here. The OUS docket for the meeting is here. 9% cut in state support for UO. Graves doesn’t mention what will happen to OUS Chancellor Dr. Pernsteiner’s croissant budget or maid service. I’ve got…
6/20/2011: From Franklin Bains: … We’re in a tough spot; the University’s tuition is set to increase by nine percent this fall and public funding to fight the skyrocketing tuition is nowhere to be found. It’s going to take a radical solution to solve the dilemma of decreased public funding…
6/17/2011: Full Oregonian editorial here: It’s possible that the rancor between the board and the president is already too deep to produce the kind of unified chorus that the system needs. But that would also be a loss. Lariviere, although leaving a trail of broken china in his wake, has…
6/3/2011: There were three bills in the legislature for higher ed reform this year. Gov. Kitzhaber’s bills to replace OUS and Dr. Pernsteiner Mr. Pernsteiner with a new K-20 “Educational Investment Board”http://gov.oregonlive.com/bill/2011/SB909/http://gov.oregonlive.com/bill/2011/hb2962/ UO President Lariviere’s proposals to create a free and independent UO Board of Directors focused on improving UO’s…
6/1/2011: The OUS Board meets Friday. “The Board will review and approve the proposed tuition and fee rates for 2011-12.” Yes, the agenda states they will approve the increases. No vote? Bill Graves has a good story in the Oregonian, here. From OUS: UO – The University of Oregon is…
5/25/2011: Jack Bogdanski is not impressed: Her name is Monica Rimai, and she comes to Portlandia from the State University of New York, where she was the chief operating officer. She was at SUNY for just a year and a half; she was reportedly making $325,000 a year there, along…
5/3/2011: It’s a very balanced report, makes clear they understand classroom teaching is a small part of what many professors at a research university do or should do. Calls for Chancellor Pernsteiner to collect data, monitor the situation, implement some sensible policies (most of which most UO departments I know…
5/1/2011: This NY Times article discusses how the UT system is working with state K-12 programs, in some creative ways.
4/21/2011: Good news from Kim Melton in the Oregonian – but many more hoops until Pernsteiner is out of a job and cut off from his expense accounts.
4/14/2011: Looks like our croissant loving Chancellor, Dr. George Pernsteiner, has come through for independence. Bill Graves in the Oregonian: A bill that would free Oregon universities from hundreds of state agency regulations and give them more control over their money and operations appears to have all the support it…