Listen to the Regents' Governance and Compensation Committee Meeting of Jan. 16, 2019

We (finally) finish up with the Regents meetings of January. As blog readers will know, although the Governance and Compensation Committee met on the afternoon of January 16, the official recordings of that period omitted the Committee until yours truly pointed out the gap. The session included a public comments segment in which there was discussion of programs for undocumented students and others, housing at Santa Cruz, and housing at Berkeley. There was then committee discussion of UCOP functions and the implications of the Huron report (which was a reaction to the earlier critical state audit).

The committee then turned to various standards that had been set by the Regents in response to a scandal involving the then-chancellor of Davis awhile back. It was argued that there was an overreaction to the scandal and the standards were too strict. A modified adjustment to the standards was adopted.

Finally, there was the matter of the student advisor* position that had been establish as a pilot program a couple of years ago. There has been a conflict within the student government establishment as to whether the position should be continued. The advisor operates independently of the establishment, which appears to be at the heart of the issue. Not surprisingly, the present student advisor favored continuation; the establishment didn't. It appeared the Regents originally were going to endorse a one-year extension. In the end, they killed the position. My guess is that the Regents didn't want to be in the middle of a dispute and getting rid of the position was the quickest way to end the issue.
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*The position is/was officially spelled with an "o" rather than an "e," if you care.
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You can hear the committee session at:

or direct to:
https://archive.org/details/RegentsGovernComp11619