Nathan Tublitz on UO’s troubling times 02/15/2015
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Nathan Tublitz on UO’s troubling times
An Op-Ed in the RG, here:
…The unusually high turnover rate of presidents and upper administrators has not helped our academic standing. Neither has the financial disinvestment by the state of Oregon. Also contributing to UO’s academic stagnation is the growing number of decision-makers who do not understand academia, because they have never been faculty members. The situation has been further exacerbated by a series of university scandals, poorly handled labor negotiations, decreased fiscal transparency, and retaliation against those who speak up.
The consequences have been a major decline in morale among faculty and staff and a loss of trust in the administration. This is not a good framework for positive change.
Enter the new UO Board of Trustees. Created by the state of Oregon, the board is mandated to oversee and improve the UO, something the state Board of Higher Education, with seven institutions to manage, could not provide. It is hoped a UO-specific board will reduce bureaucratic inefficiencies, stabilize finances and support strong leadership inside the university. Indeed, board members seem genuinely committed to improving the UO.
But what is their vision? What do they want the university to be? …
As an experiment, I’m not going to allow comments on this post – please add yours on the RG website instead. They have some thoughtful ones already.
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