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10/10/2011: So did the DOJ. Bojack.org has the story. Meanwhile Bill Graves tries to dig up some quotes complaining about the UO raises, from PSU and other OUS professors. He can’t find much, but the online comments are interesting – many support the UO raises. The Croissant Chancellor’s lowest common…

9/26/2011: Two recent opinion pieces in the Oregonian. Both with praise for UO’s ambitions and the importance of that ambition for the state. Steve Duin – not exactly a patsy for UO’s public relations department in the past: What’s not to like about the university’s ambition, in a state where…

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9/14/2011: Provost Jim Bean announced yesterday that his last official act would be the destruction of the much hated PLC office building – “brick by goddamn brick, if necessary”. Work began this morning: Celebrating profs down at the faculty club cheered the news that they would be housed in tents…

9/13/2011: The most common thing people say to me about this blog is some variant of “It’s a public service to UO, but do you have to be so rude?”. My usual reaction is some version of “I’m not rude. Rude is wasting ten people’s time in a pointless meeting,…

9/12/2011: We make them do it every quarter. It’s where the money for our salaries comes from. But when students start offering to pay other *students* for a seat in a course with an enrollment cap – well at Brown that’s apparently an honor code violation. It’s an economics class.…

9/10/2011: Sure you did, Mr. Harris. But we’re OK with that now. Go Ducks!

9/8/2011: Dennis Thompson of the SJ has a story and a long post on his excellent State Workers Blog: I am proud of the work our union has done to help make health care more affordable not only for ourselves, but for everyone. In Oregon, we worked hard to get…

9/7/2011: From the Register Guard editorial page: Bottom of the heap: UO rates dead last in faculty salaries In a time of 12.1 percent unemployment, Oregonians may have a hard time mustering much sympathy for University of Oregon faculty members whose pay averages a mere $73,300 a year. But by…

9/7/2011: WGU comes up a lot these days as a new model for higher education. Website here. Fully accredited, started by western states to provide 4 year online degrees. Mostly licensure fields, like teaching, nursing, accounting. Tuition is $2890 for a 6 month term. From their website: Your degree requirements…

9/6/2011: This was billed as a major policy speech for his education plans. From Harry Esteve in the Oregonian: “The state does not run the schools. The state invests in schools,” Kitzhaber says. “As long as students are progressing and succeeding, why shouldn’t we let go of some of the…

9/6/2011: I’m no economist, but this is about as dumb as government policy gets: lay off teachers during a recession. Oh wait, it could get dumber: do the layoffs by seniority rather than merit. Let’s combine bad short run economic policy with bad long run educational outcomes. Bingo, that’s the…

Oregon has none. That’s according to the just released QS world ranking. Who knows what their methodology is, but I’m guessing football doesn’t get a lot of weight. Not a good sign for Oregon’s future economic growth. We know what Lariviere’s plan to address this problem is – what’s Pernsteiner’s?

9/6/2011: I’ve got no ideas about the EmX vs “more buses everywhere” vs bikes vs electric nuclear-friendly cars debate. But who could oppose people posting signs protesting the EmX expansion, on their own property? The city of Eugene, of course. Mark Baker of the RG has a great story on…