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UO E-clips, March 28
Top stories for March 28, 2008: UO’s College of Education is No. 5 in the 2009 edition of U.S.News &World Report’s annual graduate school rankings, according to published reports; Virginia’s Roanoke Times reports on the prison gravy train, quoting work by the UO’s Gordon Lafer; man jailed for sex abuse but never indicted sues Oregon officials, reports The Oregonian with comment from UO law school dean Margaret Paris; and, when in Europe next year, you can watch ads, supported partially by the Oregon Bach Festival, among other Lane County groups, for vacationing in Oregon
U.S.News & World Report announces the 2009 Publication of America's Best Graduate Schools: 19th-annual grad school rankings most extensive edition to date (PRNewswire-USNewswire; U.S. News & World Report; Fox Business): The 2009 edition of America's Best Graduate Schools, is available online and on newsstands Monday, March 31. Examining more graduate programs than ever before, this year's edition of America's Best Graduate Schools is the most comprehensive guide to graduate schools across the country. The guide contains the exclusive rankings of over 1,500 graduate school programs in categories such as business, education, engineering, law, and medicine. (See listings below of the top 10 schools in each of these disciplines. UO ranks #5 in Schools of Education. Additional rankings are available online. – comment from UO Education Dean Michael Bullis)
Virginia's prison gravy train (The Roanoke Times, Virginia): In the booming prison economy there are winners and losers. Inmates face financial ruin and state taxpayers lose too -- about $29,000 per year, per inmate. Prison entrepreneurs, for whom each inmate is a government subsidized business opportunity, are the big winners. ... While U.S. laws prohibit importing products made by prisoners in other countries, Gordon Lafer, a University of Oregon professor, reports that about 80,000 U.S. inmates work in 30 states where laws permit private firms to use convict labor. In Ohio, for example, a Honda supplier pays prison workers $2 per hour. These private firms do not pay for vacations, sick leave or overtime and workers can be dropped at will.
Man jailed for sex abuse but never indicted sues Oregon officials: David Lee Simmons seeks $3.5 million for unjust prosecution and dismissal of new Jefferson County charges (The Oregonian): The state attorney general and several Jefferson County officials and lawyers are facing a $3.5 million lawsuit accusing them of unjustly prosecuting a former Oregon man. ... The fact that nobody seemed to notice the jury's decision, and that Simmons served time, "is just extraordinary," said Margaret Paris, dean of the University of Oregon law school.
Film crew will bring Lane County tourist sites to Europeans (Register-Guard): If you head to Europe next year, don't be surprised if you turn on the television and find such familiar tourist sites as Heceta Head Lighthouse and Belknap Hot Springs on the screen. ... In addition to CVALCO, other local groups -- including the Oregon Bach Festival, Golf Lane County and King Estate Winery -- are combining to contribute an additional $3,500 to the cause, Lawson said. One of the program's 15 episodes will feature golfing opportunities across the state, including courses in Lane County, she said.