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| Back in the day of in-person meetings |
1:00 pm Investments Committee (open session - includes public comment session)
- Public Comment Period
- Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of July 28, 2020
- I1 Discussion: Review of Fiscal Year 2019/2020 Performance of UC Pension, Endowment, Retirement Savings Program, Short Term and Total Returns Investments Products
- I2 Action: Approval of UC Pension Asset Allocation, Amendment of Investments Policy Statements (Regents Policy 6101) and Rescission of Asset and Risk Allocation Policies (Regent Policy 6401)
- I3 Discussion: Update on UC Investments Activities Towards Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Sustainable Investing
- Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of July 28, 2020
- Discussion: Special Committee on Basic Needs Report
8:30 am Board (open session - includes public comment session)
- Public Comment Period (20 minutes)
- Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of July 29, 2020
- Remarks of the Chair of the Board
- Remarks of the President of the University
- Remarks of the Chair of the Academic Senate
- B1 Discussion: Update of COVID-19 Impact on the University of California: UC Health Issues
- Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of July 29, 2020
- N1 Discussion: Overview of the UC National Laboratory Fees Research Program
- Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of July 29, 2020
- Amendment of Internal Audit Charter
Among the legal cases listed:
- SANDER v. REGENTS – Hearing on Petition Scheduled – California Public Records Act – Systemwide. NOTE: This item appears to be the case of Prof. Richard Sander at the UCLA Law School regarding admission practices.* Since this matter will be discussed in closed session, we will know what the Regents are told or say.
- SMITH v. REGENTS and NAPOLITANO – Motion for Preliminary Injunction Filed – State Equal Protection Claims Challenging Use of SAT and ACT Test Scores in Admissions – Office of the President
- TUITION AND FEES REFUND CLASS ACTION – Federal Complaints Amended to Add President as Defendant and Motions to Dismiss and Coordinate are Pending – Claims Seeking Refunds Based on COVID-Related Actions – Systemwide
2:15 pm Governance Committee (open session)
- Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of July 29-30, 2020
- Approval of Retroactive Approval for Athletic Contract Components that Exceeded September 2008 Parameters, as Discussed in Closed Session
- Approval of Incentive Compensation Using Non-State Funds for Fiscal Year 2019-20 for Chief Investment Officer and Vice President – Investments, Office of the President, as Discussed in Closed Session Approval of Compensation for Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Los Angeles Campus, as Discussed in Closed Session
- Amendment of Bylaw 21.7 – Regent Compensation - Regarding Regents’ Participation in Uncompensated University-Affiliated Positions
- Dates of Regents Meetings for 2022
- Resolution to Exclude Access to Federal Classified Information. (This item excludes President Drake from access to classified material until his clearance is approved by federal authorities.)
2:45 pm Finance and Capital Strategies Committee (open session)
- Approval of the Minutes of the Meetings of July 30, 2020
- A. Preliminary Plans Funding, Irvine Campus Medical Complex, Irvine Campus
- B. Preliminary Plans Funding and External Financing, Health and Behavioral Sciences Building, Merced Campus
- C. Approval of Design Following Action: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, Welcome Center Building on Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Main Campus in Berkeley
- D. Preliminary Plans Funding Amendment, Working Drawings Funding, Scope, and External Financing, Hillcrest Outpatient Pavilion and Parking, San Diego Campus
- E. Conforming Amendment to University of California 2020-21 Budget for State Capital Improvements and Approval of University of California 2021-22 Budget for State Capital Improvements
- Budget, Scope, External Financing, and Design Following Action: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, Theatre District Living and Learning Neighborhood, San Diego Campus
- New Markets Tax Credits for “the U” in Downtown San Diego, San Diego Campus
- Discussion: Data Hub New Academic Building, Berkeley Campus
- Discussion: UC Davis 2020 Long Range Development Plan and 2020 Physical Design Framework Amendment, Sacramento Campus
- Discussion: Update on the 2020-21 Operating Budget
2:45 pm Academic and Student Affairs Committee (open session)
- Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of July 30, 2020
- A1 Discussion: Planning and Evaluation of COVID-19 Academic and Student Impacts
- A2 Discussion: University of California Student Academic Preparation Strategies
- A3 Discussion: UC Scout: Online A-G Courses to Support Student Academic Preparation
- A4 Discussion: Update on Undergraduate Admissions Test Feasibility Study
8:30 am Board (open session - includes public comment session)
- Public Comment Period
- Approval of the Minutes of the Meetings of July 7 and July 30, 2020
- Remarks from Student Associations
- B2 Discussion: Strategic Plan for UC Health Division, Office of the President
- B3 Discussion: 2020 UC Accountability Report: Highlights and UC 2030 Updates
- B4 Discussion: Review of 2009 Budget Action:s. (This item deals with Action:s taken to deal with the impact of the Great Recession of 2008.)
- B5 Discussion: Proposition 209: Primer on UC History and Impacts
- B6 Action: Adoption of Regents Policy Prohibiting Use of Quotas and Caps in Public Contracting, Employment and Admissions
- B7 Action: Authorization to Join Multi-University Member LLC to Facilitate Licensing of University Patent Assets
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*UPDATE: From the LA Times (9-9-20):
...Richard Sander, a UCLA economist and law professor, on Tuesday sharply challenged a recent UC Berkeley study that concluded Black and Latino California students experienced lower enrollment, graduation rates and subsequent wages following passage of Proposition 209, which banned preferential treatment in public education and employment based on race, ethnicity or sex. Sander said the study erroneously claimed that enrollment of underrepresented minorities fell by about 800 students per year after the ban took effect in 1998. Their freshman enrollment did fall in 1998, Sander said, but began growing after that. Graduation rates also increased, as did attainment of degrees in science, technology, engineering and math fields, he said. Sander called the UC Berkeley paper “worse than useless” in its current form, speaking out at a press briefing organized by opponents of Proposition 16, a proposed constitutional amendment on the Nov. 3 ballot that would repeal the affirmative action ban. He has asserted that the ban was “arguably the best thing that ever happened” to racial minorities because it pushed UC campuses to heavily invest in their academic preparation and helped raise their graduation rates.
Zachary Bleemer, the UC Berkeley study’s author and research associate at the campus Center for Studies in Higher Education, said he stood by his work but declined to comment further. He did the study for the UC Office of the President...
In a statement, the university said Bleemer was given access to the data as an employee of UC’s Institutional Research and Academic Planning office and not through a public disclosure. Federal law and the privacy rights of applicants and students prevent UC from publicly disclosing any “highly personal and confidential data” that is sought by Sander, the statement said, and a data set he is requesting in a lawsuit “does not exist and would take UC staff months to compile.” The California Public Records Act does not require organizations to create new records, it said...
The "Berkeley study" referenced above is at:
The Sander response to the Berkeley study is at:
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