Category Archives: Education

R.I.P. Richard Lariviere

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Linda Baker

It’s not often I agree with Phil Knight on the subject of higher education funding.  But his indictment of University of Oregon president Richard Larivier’s firing today is almost spot on: “It deeply saddens me that some people in power … Continue reading →

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Like Minds

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Linda Baker

On Sunday, The Oregonian ran two stories on its front page that implied public empoyees are incompetent or not worth their pay. Enough. So wrote Clackamas County Commissioner Ann Lininger in an op-ed about public employee bashing, a piece published … Continue reading →

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The Kids Are All Right

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Linda Baker

After lambasting the O for lambasting public employees, I’m not keen on writing a post about the failings of Portland Public Schools.  Suffice it to say that the education my freshman daughter is receiving at Grant High is in no … Continue reading →

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Diversity and Economic Performance

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Linda Baker

How do you measure the economic impact of diversity?  Such is the question animating my OB cover story this month, about the dearth of women serving on corporate boards of directors. An excerpt: In the mid-1990s, former Oregon Gov. Barbara … Continue reading →

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