Two regental committees met on the afternoon of July 21st. Academic and Student Affairs featured a review of the online experience, based on a survey of faculty which can be found at:
https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/july21/a1.pdf
Generally, the results were not positive on teaching, although some positives emerged. The lockdown also interfered with research. On the other hand, Chancellor Block reported that at UCLA, graduation rates improved.
The discussion then turned to development of "open" educational resources - as opposed to expensive textbooks and a project featuring such resources. Finally, there was discussion of transfer students from community colleges and the "pipeline" to UC.
The main area of controversy at Finance and Capital Strategies was the expansion of student housing at Berkeley that - among other things - involves demolition of an older apartment house. There was also some controversy about a proposed housing project in the City of Albany that included a surface parking lot. There was some discussion of whether such a parking lot represented wasted land that could be used for a larger project and more housing.
There was also discussion of an added student fee for graduate student advocacy with an opt out feature.
In the unit on the state budget, there was discussion of the legislature's "intent" that UCLA, Berkeley, and San Diego reduce the proportion of out-of-state students and how the loss of revenue would be covered.
As always, we preserve the recordings of Regents' sessions indefinitely since the Regents delete them after one year. You can see the recording of the two committee sessions at the links below:
Full afternoon session of July 21:
https://archive.org/details/academic-and-student-affairs-committee-7-21-21-pm
Academic and Student Affairs:
Finance and Capital Strategies:
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