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Thursday, July 18, 2024

Not on the home page

We'll be providing more commentary on the Regents meetings this week as time perrmits. However, Item J2 on departmental political statements was passed in committee yesterday. From the LA Times:

University of California regents voted Thursday to ban political opinion from main campus homepages, a policy initially rooted in concern about anti-Israel views being construed as official UC opinion. Political opinions may still be posted on other pages of an academic unit’s website, according to the policy approved at the regents meeting in San Francisco. It will take effect immediately.

The main homepage of a campus department, division or other academic unit will be reserved for news about courses, events, faculty research, mission statements or other general information. Opinion must be published on other pages specifically labeled as commentary, with a disclaimer that they don’t reflect the entire university or campus. Those who want to post statements on their department websites must follow specific procedures and allow faculty members to weigh in through an anonymous vote...

Full story at https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-07-17/uc-regents-move-to-ban-anti-israel-views-other-political-opinion-on-university-home-pages.

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