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No, I don’t mean scotch. That’s covered for the next few years, thanks. I mean what are UO’s priorities now and how can this blog help move them forward?
which is it? “Who should Berdahl fire?” or “Whom should Berdahl fire?” Thanks.
issue non-negotiable demands to President. It’s UCSD – they want the library kept open 24/7.
11/21/2011: From a Kevin Kiley story in IHE, based on a paper released Friday by the Emory University English professor Mark Bauerlein: “Many professors enjoy their work, finding it rewarding and helpful to their other professional duties, but if their books and essays do not find readers sufficient to justify…
led investigators to look into the question of a Penn State cover-up in the Sandusky case.” From the latest NYT story.
11/3/2011: I’m no psychology professor but Claude Steele is, and he has done some fascinating work on “stereotype threat”. The classic experiment is to tell women everyone knows women are bad at math, just before they take a math quiz. They do worse. It works in reverse too. Or so…
11/2/2011: University Senate-sponsored session with President Lariviere Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 4 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall at the School of Music and Dance. Details here.
10/31/2011: For expense account fraud. From Nigel Jaquiss at Willamette Week: Burton, a former longtime lawmaker and Metro chair, abruptly left the university last summer ahead of a damning audit, first reported in August by WW, that found he took an 11-day European junket on PSU’s dime under highly questionable…
10/24/2011: From the Oregon Commentator. I say yes, it’s about time.
Sorry for the late posting: To: UO Deans and Directors From: Robert Kyr President, University Senate Re: First Provost’s ForumThis Wednesday, October 19, 20114:00-6:00 pm, Beall Concert HallUniversity of Oregon School of Music & Dance (Please see the map attached.) As President as the University Senate, I am writing to…
10/14/2011: De gustibus non est disputandum. Or so the Nobel Prize winning economists say. But the rest of us might wonder why the UO development office didn’t try, or couldn’t succeed, at redirecting this generous couple’s tax deductible gift toward some purpose more important than a concert hall that will…
In the last few months the readership of this blog has nearly doubled. I would appreciate suggestions from new or old readers on what issues they would like to see covered more, less, or differently. Leave a comment or email [email protected]
10/13/2011: Dream job at UO. Reality check: after ~8 years of grad school, starting salary will be about $60,000.
10/13/2011: From Kara Hansen Murphey in the Lake Oswego Review. The blogger posted some information about a doctor’s disciplinary records and her opinion. He sued her for $1 million in damages. She went to the Electronic Freedom Foundation, got some advice and an attorney and filed an “anti-SLAPP” suit against the…