The chair of the UC-Berkeley Academic Senate, UC VP Peter Taylor, and a student representative testified on steps UC is taking to cut costs and improve efficiency. (This hearing is the same one at which an LAO staffer testified as shown in a prior post on this blog.) There was discussion of such things as online courses and centralization of various campus support functions. You can see the testimony in two parts below:
Part 1: UC-Berkeley Senate Chair
Part 2: Administration & Student
Higher education committee needs to investigate spend thrift chancellor, UC Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau.