In the afternoon session, there were discussions of various
campus efficiency and money saving activities.
Discussion of professional school fees (see an earlier post today) was
intertwined with issues of diversity in business and other professional schools. Ultimately, the Regents approved the various
professional school proposals. (Undergraduate
tuition was not raised, contingent on passage of the governor’s tax initiative
in November.) There was a somewhat nasty
exchange between Regents on the diversity issue. The UC-San Francisco chancellor – who has
made statements about UC-SF being different as a med school from other campuses
and needing autonomy – came in with a proposal for an outside board just for
her campus, a kind of mini-Regents. She has a task force working on governance
issues but promised it would not get into privatization.
The UCLA hotel was approved as part of a larger package from
the Committee on Grounds and Building about an hour into the afternoon
session. This was a pro forma vote after yesterday’s Committee approval.
A report on the Dept. of Energy labs was presented. Much of the other business involved reports
on prize-winning faculty and nice words for departing officials.
You can hear the audio on the link below:
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