We (finally) conclude our coverage of the November Regents meeting with the afternoon of November 13th which included sessions of the Governance Committee, Compliance and Audit, Public Engagement and Development, and the Special Committee on Athletics.
Governance approved pay and position for a VP of PR and then turned its attention to diversity in executive hiring. It was reported that 27% of such hiring involved "underrepresented groups" and 41% female. Concerns were expressed by some Regents on low rates of Latino hiring. Regent Perez said that the DEI statements used in such efforts were becoming "performative." A proposal to include disability within the definition of diversity as approved.
At Compliance and Audit, Regent Makarechian noted that the frequency of "corrective actions" in response to audits was increasing along with periods of noncompliance. Regent Cohen said that while he was pleased that compliance with training requirements had improved, he was concerned about deficiencies in compliance concerning cyber training. There was in contrast no discussion or (apparently) concern about fiscal audits.
At Public Engagement and Development concern was expressed at various points about the outcome of the election and the potential impact on undocumented students. UC reported receiving across the system donations of $3.45 billion of which $1.8 billion came from foundations unrelated to alumni. The protests of last year were said to have a negative effect on philanthropy but specifics were not given. It was said that UC would be working with the legislature concerning budget cuts under the "compact." Finally, a presentation on wine research and teaching at UC-Davis was made. It was noted that the legislature had passed a "sip and spit" law allowing students in the program under 21 to sample the product. (Now there's something you probably didn't know!)
The Special Committee on Athletics heard reports on UC-Riverside and UC-Berkeley. The former reported a 6-year 92% graduation rate for student athletes. Berkeley reported 91%. Berkeley - after the tumult that followed UCLA's shift of athetic conferences - ended up in the ACC which entails considerable travel. But there was no aggressive questioning about the impact of such travel by Committee members. They were assured that nutrition and sleep support was being provided to athletes. The Committee met late in the day, which may have accounted for the lack of hard questions.
As always, we preserve recordings of Regents meetings since the Regents have no policy on duration of retention:
The general link for the afternoon of November 13 is:
https://archive.org/details/regents-public-engagement-and-development-11-13-2024.
Governance and Compliance & Audit are at:
Public Engagement and Development is at:
Athletics is at:
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