UC Regents Agenda: January 23-25, 2024
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Tuesday, January 23
2:00 pm Special Committee on Athletics (open session - includes public comment session)
S1 Discussion: Strategic Campus Athletics Overview: UC Santa Barbara and UC San Diego
S2 Discussion: Student Athlete Perspectives: UC Davis and UC Irvine
Upon end of open session: Special Committee on Athletics (closed session)
S3(X) Discussion: Proposed Audit of UC Berkeley Athletics
NOTE: Such an audit could be very enlightening, given the big dollar amounts involved and issues of who gets what. The discussion of whether to do such an audit is to be behind closed doors. Were such an audit to be undertaken, however, it will not be easy to keep it secret.
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Wednesday, January 24
8:30 am Board (open session - includes public comment session)
Public Comment Period (30 minutes)
Remarks of the Chair of the Board
Remarks of the President of the University
Remarks of the Chair of the Academic Senate
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9:30 am Health Services Committee (closed session)
Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of November 16, 2023
H1(X) Discussion: Appointment of and Compensation for Senior Vice President – Children’s Services and President, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals, UCSF Health, San Francisco Campus
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Upon end of closed session: Health Services Committee (open session)
Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of November 16, 2023
H1 Action: Approval of Appointment of and Compensation for Senior Vice President – Children’s Services and President, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals, UCSF Health, San Francisco Campus as Discussed in Closed Session
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9:50 am Joint Meeting of the Health Services Committee & Finance and Capital Strategies Committee (closed session)
J1(X) Action: Acquisition and External Financing of Healthcare Facilities and Related Assets, Irvine Campus
J2(X) Action: Acquisition and External Financing of Acute Care Hospital and Associated Structures, UCLA Health, Los Angeles Campus.
NOTE: It is unclear what hospital this item refers to. UCLA bought a hospital in mid-city LA back in 2022, so it could refer to some further elements of that purchase.
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Concurrent Meetings
10:50 am Finance and Capital Strategies Committee (open session)
Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of November 15, 2023
Consent Agenda:
F1A Action: Consent Item: Advanced Work Phase of the Central Utility Plant Modernization and Expansion Project, UC Davis Health, Sacramento Campus: Working Drawings and Construction Funding, Scope, and Design Following Certification of the Environmental Impact Report Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act
F1B Action: Consent Item: Authority to Indemnify the United States America, United States Coast Guard for the Revocable License for NonFederal Use of Federal Real Property to Place Ocean Current and Wave Equipment on the Coast Guard Station Humboldt Bay for UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory, Davis Campus
F1C Action: Consent Item: Authority to Indemnify the State of California, Department of Transportation for Lease of Property for Air Pollution Research for UC Davis College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Davis Campus
F2 Discussion: Update on the University’s Integrated Capital Asset Management Program and Seismic Safety Program
F3 Discussion: Review of the Governor’s January Budget Proposal for 2024-25
NOTE: We'll see here whether anyone wants to make a fuss about the governor's de facto violation of the compact's funding "guarantee" for UC in his January budget proposal for fiscal year 2024-25.
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10:50 am Academic and Student Affairs Committee (open session)
Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of November 15, 2023
A1 Action: Approval of Multi-Year Plans for Professional Degree Supplemental Tuition (PDST) for Nine Graduate Professional Degree Programs
A2 Discussion: Final Report of the Systemwide Advisory Workgroup on Students with Disabilities
A3 Discussion: UC Online and the Ecosystem of Online Education in the University of California System
NOTE: We'll see if some of the tensions between some Regents and the Academic Senate are aired in public here. Scroll down to item in final Regents session on Senate regulation 610.E.
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11:50 am National Labs Committee (open session)
Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of November 15, 2023
N1 Discussion: Annual Report on Fiscal Year 2023 National Laboratory Performance Ratings
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1:00 pm Governance Committee (closed session)
Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of November 15, 2023
G1(X) Discussion: Collective Bargaining Matters
G2(X) Discussion: Appointment of and Compensation for University Librarian, Berkeley Campus
G3(X) Discussion: Appointment of and Compensation for University Librarian, Los Angeles Campus
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Upon end of closed session: Governance Committee (open session)
Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of September 20, 2023
G2 Action: Approval of Appointment of and Compensation for University Librarian, Berkeley Campus as Discussed in Closed Session
G3 Action: Approval of Appointment of and Compensation for University Librarian, Los Angeles Campus as Discussed in Closed Session
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2:05 pm Compliance and Audit Committee (closed session)
Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of November 15, 2023 and the Joint Meeting of the Compliance and Audit Committee and the Academic and Student Affairs Committee of November 15, 2023
C1(X) Discussion: Audit of the Retirement Administration Services Center
C2(X) Discussion: Update on the Systemwide Pension Administration Project
C3(X) Discussion: Update on Implementation of Recommendations from UCLA Health and Student Health Special Committee Report
The Committee also will review a long list of proposed lawsuit settlements and ongoing litigation developments including the pending trial of the Klein vs. Regents case from UCLA. (See https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2024/01/slowly-grinding-wheels.html.)
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2:05 pm Public Engagement and Development Committee (open session)
Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of November 15, 2023
P1 Discussion: Update from Interim Senior Vice President of External Relations and Communications
P2 Discussion: UC San Francisco Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative: Advancing Research to Inform Policymaking to Reduce the Impact of Homelessness
P3 Discussion: UC’s Impact on California
P4 Discussion: UC State and Federal Governmental Relations Update and Advocacy Outlook
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3:55 pm Joint Meeting of the Academic and Student Affairs Committee & Compliance and Audit Committee (open session)
J3 Action: Adoption of Regents Policy on the Use of University Administrative Websites
NOTE: This is a major issue. Although the Academic Senate has produced guidelines for "political" statements by departments on UC websites, the guidelines have generally not been followed. It is unclear who put this item on the agenda. Possibly, more details on what the proposed policy is will be forthcoming before the meeting. But this is an action item, i.e., not just a discussion.
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4:25 pm Joint Meeting of the Academic and Student Affairs Committee & Finance and Capital Strategies Committee (open session)
Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of September 21, 2023
J4 Discussion: Strategic Campus Overview: Merced Campus
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Thursday, January 25
8:30 am Board (open session - includes public comment session)
Public Comment Period (30 minutes)
Approval of the Minutes of the Meetings of November 15 and 16, 2023
Remarks from Student Associations
B1 Discussion: Faculty Discipline and Dismissal Policies and Process
NOTE: This item was proposed for discussion in this meeting by Regent Pérez back in November. He did not specify at the time what his concerns were. The concerns may have been related to conduct that received publicity connected to the Israel-Gaza War, but we probably won't know until the discussion. See https://ia801400.us.archive.org/30/items/16-health-services-committee-board-investments/UC%20Regent%20P%C3%A9rez%20places%20item%20on%20Jan%202024%20agenda%20on%20Regents%20authority%20on%20faculty%20discipline%2011-16-2023.mp4. Note that in closed session below, there is also an item related to faculty discipline at Davis.
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Upon end of open session: Board (closed session)
Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of November 16, 2023
B2(X) Discussion: Faculty Disciplinary Process, Davis Campus
B3(X) Discussion: Legal Issues Related to Equitable Student Employment Opportunities
The Regents will also vote on approving other closed session reports from the various committees.
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11:30 am Board (open session)
B4 Action: Amendment of Regents Policy 4407: Policy on Equitable Student Employment Opportunities
NOTE: Since this is on the agenda here, it appears that the Regents will make a final decision concerning whether UC will go ahead with the proposal to allow hiring of undocumented students.
B5 Discussion: Consideration of Senate Regulation 630.E. See NOTE below.*
Committee Reports Including Approvals of Recommendations from Committees
B6 Discussion: Annual Report on Basic Needs
Source: https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/meetings/agendas/jan24.html.
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*This item appears linked to the issue of online degrees and education. Senate regulation 610.E reads:
Each undergraduate student must complete a campus experience requirement. A minimum of six units of course credits per quarter (or semester) for three quarters (or two semesters) completed by each candidate for the bachelor’s degree must be earned in courses designed to deliver to any enrolled student at least 50 percent of in-person instructional hours on any campus of the University of California or physical locations affiliated with programs listed in SR 630.D or in prison environments. To satisfy this requirement, at least two quarters or one semester must be completed during the regular academic year, with no more than one quarter or semester completed during the summer. “In-person” means instructors and students are in the same physical location. “Instructional hours” refer to time when instructors are presenting to or interacting with students during designated class times (e.g., lecture, laboratory, discussion, field work, problem sessions). For the purposes of this regulation, instructional hours do not include office hours, or recorded lectures provided as a supplement to designated hours interacting with students. Individual Divisions may maintain a higher threshold for required in-person course credits per term or for the number of terms in which a threshold applies.
Source: https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/bylaws-regulations/regulations/rpart3.html.
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