http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/02/13/ua-taps-athletic-fund-raiser-for-advancement-division Comments On: UPDATE: UA taps athletic fund-raiser for Advancement Division by Max Brantley en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:45:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by TM]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:29:35 -0600 Arkansas Times



"Subtle changes in question-wording sometimes produce remarkably different results. ... researchers call this the 'Dog Whistle Effect': Respondents hear something in the question that researchers do not."
Richard Morin
Posted by Zatharus]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:52:22 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by arhogfan501]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:39:59 -0600 Arkansas Times
arhogfan501, surely you can convine those RF boys to shuck that charitable deduction thing so they will be set free. No more socialism (or is it communism, I forget?) as the cornerstone of the RF.
Posted by Sound Policy]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:56:32 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Pollyanna]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:42:32 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by arhogfan501]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:12:02 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by TM]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:51:39 -0600 Arkansas Times 1. The Department of Education Reform. Putting aside for a moment the fact that this is an "academic" department committed by design to a political ideology, which is a scandal in itself, let's look at the cost side. The department has seven professors who are among the highest paid at the University, on the order of $200k a year, despite very mediocre productivity in terms of classes taught and peer-reviewed publications. Even an impressive sounding 20 million endowment from Waltons and friends is not enough to pay for all that. This is NOT an academic department subsidized by a generous private donation - it is an ideologically motivated Walton foundation thinktank subsidized with public money. How much? I tried to find out through FOIA but only got stonewalling.
2. Endowed chair in petroleum geology. The petroleum industry donated 2 million for an endowed chair position in the Geosciences Department. The chair who got hired (who by the way had been a member of the department's external advisory board - two of the four search committee were also members of the external advisory board, and the University claims this does not constitute any conflict of interest) secured a $162k salary and $425k in startup money. You can imagine how far even 2 million will go at rates like that. This is essentially research wanted by and useful to the petroleum industry, again heavily subsidized by taxpayer money.

I don't know how representative these cases are but they illustrate the dire lack of accountability in that department. One of these days I'm gonna post the documents.
Posted by TM]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:49:42 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by couldn't be better]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:12:20 -0600 Arkansas Times
Truth be known, it’s not ALL about football up yonder in Fedvul. Much of the money raised has been designated for scholarships, library needs, renovation, new construction, diversity efforts, and so forth.

According to news accounts, the “advancement” folks raised $121 million in FY 2011 and $108 million in FY 2012, although the goal for last year was $103 million.

Last I read, they’d raised $62 million the first six months of this fiscal year, which is over half the current goal of $107 million. Not bad in these days when dollars are short for many.

Those good things said, ‘tis a pity Gearhart isn’t cooperating with the ArkTimes and the ArkD-G, and that the latter has had to file suit to get information we taxpayers (and alumni and donors) have every right to see.

Just can’t figure what’s going on in the chancellor’s head. A body would think Johnelle Hunt, UofA System president Bobbitt, or some of the trustees could talk some sense into a good man who is usually cool and level-headed.
Posted by Durango]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:11:02 -0600 Arkansas Times
To facilitate this new law all sports paraphernalia sold by the name unknown state university shall be festooned only with question marks and no other identifiable logos. True sports fans will remain true to their team and university by purchasing ever larger quantities of these unidentifiable team related items.

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Have a blessed day!
Posted by Sound Policy]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:31:40 -0600 Arkansas Times