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10/25/2012: From USAToday. The FBS average is 70%, UO is at 64%. This is the latest available NCAA data, for 2002-2005 students, and is a mild overestimate of what you get relative to the standard federal method,  which gives the 80% 6-year graduation rate you see reported for regular UO…

10/22/2012: From the annual report to OUS. Quick glance? Over the 5 years since Bean’s appointment as interim provost spending on research is up $12 million or 18%, while spending on institutional support (central administration) is up $17.5 million or 40%.

Lovely day to do your PEBB enrollment. The online system is pretty painless. Think about signing up for a health savings account, because last year’s changes increased co-pays and deductibles and you want to pay those with non-taxed income. The new twist to the Health Engagement Model: they give you…

The UO Financial Transparency Tool was set up by the first iteration of what would become the UO Senate Transparency Committee, during Nathan Tublitz’s presidency. It was intentionally crippled by Frances Dyke and UO General Counsel Emerita Melinda Grier, because of what they called “FERPA restrictions.” To try it, log…

When I came to UO in 1995, there was a special list of faculty who were brave enough to publicly support LGBT student issues. Now we’ve got this.

(I’m talking about the guy on the left.) I’m not sure who should get the credit for inviting 1995 UO alumnus, Harvard Law graduate, and Portland mayoral candidate Jefferson Smith to give the 2012 UO commencement address, titled “You might be screwed”. But it seems they were prescient. As usual bojack gets…

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Diane Dietz, mostly questions about indep board. 10/1/2012.

Dear CAS Faculty and Staff, On Wednesday, October 3rd, the College will host the first CAS Dean’s Reception of the new academic year. The theme of this reception is welcoming all new CAS faculty and staff, and celebrating those who are newly promoted and/or tenured.   I know that the start of…

Went down to buy a laptop. Dozens of happy parents and students and parents milling around, stocking up on tech stuff. Staff handling it all very professionally, and chatting up the parents too. Very nice.

today. He hasn’t got out of Johnson Hall much yet, so it will be interesting to hear what comes from this. 9/19/2012. 9/20/2012 update: Turns out he did not show and was not on the agenda. Jamie Moffitt stood in for Johnson Hall. Step up your game, secret sources.

That would be chancellor H. Holden Thorp of UNC. The Chronicle reports he was worn down by the usual athletics scandals and one involving fundraising. I wonder if universities ever count this sort of administrative cost of dealing with big-time college sports as part of the athletic department’s overhead? 9/18/2012.

It’s not for sports facilities. Oregonian story here. 9/17/2012.