The UC Regents are meeting this week. The agenda is available at:
http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/regents/regmeet/sep2011.html
Streaming audio of the meeting will also be available at the above URL.
Items of note:
There are public comment periods at 8:30 am on Wednesday and Thursday.
Wednesday at 10:15 am – the Regents will discuss how Chancellors are not being competitively compensated.
Wednesday at 11:15 am – there is a collective bargaining issue on the agenda, but what the issue is is not described at all in the agenda. Compensation increases for 10 high ranking administrators will also be discussed.
Thursday at 8:50 am – Compensation increases for several more high ranking administrators will be discussed.
Thursday at 9:00 am – UC’s ability to recruit graduate students will be discussed. There is evidence that fewer prospective graduate students are making UC graduate programs their top choice. Of graduate students who were admitted to at least one non-UC institution in 2010, 48 percent indicated that they would attend UC, which was down from 52 percent in 2007.
Thursday at 10:45 am – Two important discussions: First, UC hired a consultant to prepare a report documenting UC’s contributions to California’s economy: “Through its direct spending and multiplier effects from that spending, UC generates $46.3 billion in annual economic activity for California and contributes $32.8 billion toward California’s Gross State Product.”
Second, UC will propose a four year budget. If state funding of UC remains flat over the four year period, UC would raise fees 16% per year, for a cumulative increase of 81%.