8/26/2013: A correspondent notes that if UO faculty leave early (i.e. take a sabbatical and then don’t come back) we also have to repay a year’s salary. Link here. Of course we don’t get 3.5 years to do it, and we have to repay the cost of our benefits too. 8/24/2013:…
Posts tagged as “student aid”
6/3/2013: Like many profs, particularly those with kids, I got through grad school with federally subsidized student loans. Mine had a 1.25% interest rate, so I drew out the repayment as long as possible – 16 years, and paid it off 2 years ago. Those days are gone: rates are…
Faculty club update: Word down by the pool cabana is that there are another 700 international students – not counted in the official statistics on the grounds that they are not eligible to take regular UO classes until they pass sufficient AEI credits. We will get them soon though. Too…
$3,000 to $5,000 off tuition, depending on HS GPA and SAT’s. I’m no economist, but I believe they call this price discrimination. Good in that it will get UO more top students with good substitutes for UO, hence more elastic demand. On the other hand these will tend to be wealthier…
9/25/2012: The RG’s Diane Dietz digs into the student debt situation, with a focus on UO. Some tidbits: The prisons’ share is $1.36 billion in the current two-year budget, compared with the $691 million for the entire, seven-school Oregon University System. Not clear if that includes direct state aid to…
100 new scholarships a year for low income Oregon students, this year 39 at UO. 90% earn degrees. Wonderful Betsy Hammond story in the Oregonian. 8/24/2012.
7/14/2011: Charles Martinez’s OIED spent $903,587 last year – that’s just counting salaries and administrative overhead for his office, not program costs. Add another $100,000 to cover the cost of hiring a search firm to find a competent and honest replacement for him. For comparison, in 2009-10 UO awarded $1,706,250…
7/14/2011: To the most disadvantaged. Richard Kahlenberg of the Chronicle reports on a recent study by some economists: … At the same time, those Pell students who were more disadvantaged (had lower ACT scores and parents lacking a college education) benefited a great deal from the supplemental grants. Their persistence…
9/4/2010: Brent Hunsberger of the Oregonian has a very interesting story about how “Higher One Inc.” partners with LCC, PSU, and SOU to issue students debit cards linked to their university financial aid and tuition payments. And then nails the students with a complex myriad of well-hidden fees. Many students…
6/30/2010: At Xavier, from Insidehighered.com: Two decades ago, Xavier University could only count on three of every four freshmen returning for sophomore year. Even fewer made it to graduation. Today, though, close to 9 of every 10 students who start freshman year at the Jesuit university in Cincinnati make it…
3/29/2010: From Bill Graves in the Oregonian: Oregon leaders expressed frustration and anger Friday after learning that thousands of college students will not get need-based state scholarships because grants awarded this year exceed the state budget by millions of dollars more than expected. The Oregon Student Assistance Commission reported to…