The program was moderated by Tani Cantil-Sakauye, PPIC President and CEO (also former chief justice of the California Supreme Court). Guests were Sonya Christian, Chancellor, California Community Colleges, Mildred García, Chancellor, The California State University, James Milliken, President, University of California, and Kristen Soares, President, Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities.
In response to an initial question about the major challenges facing higher ed, Milliken said he told the Regents - when he was a candidate for his current position, that the two important challenges were the conflict with the Trump administration and adapting to AI. He said he now thinks the former is less an issue than the latter.
Asked about campus free speech, he indicated that free speech had to be balanced against interference with the operation of the university, a point with which the moderator agreed.* You can hear what he said at the link below.
Or direct to https://ia601506.us.archive.org/0/items/newsom-03-04-2026/PPIC%20Higher%20Ed%20Event-Milliken%204-9-2026.mp4.
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*These conversations often focus on constitutional rights and other legalisms. The constitution, however, gives the same right to say that the Earth is flat as it does to say that the Earth is round. One of the values - not rights - of universities is that they are supposed to help you to know what you are talking about. It would have been nice if someone had pointed this out. So I just did.
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