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We’re Waiting for the Complete Post for the July Regents Meeting

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The preliminary Regents agenda for the July 16-18 meeting has been posted.  As yet, the detailed attachments to the agenda are not available.  However, there will be approval of contribution increases to the pension for next year (2014-15) and an interim replacement for the university’s Chief Investment Officer who suddenly resigned without explanation.  In a closed session, the Regents will discuss the criminal case the LA district attorney is pursuing against UCLA Prof. Patrick Harran.  See http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2013/04/justice.htmlfor our most recent post on that case.  The Christian Head case charging discrimination (and involving a viral YouTube video) at UCLA will also be discussed at that closed session.  It was discussed a year ago at the Regents.  See http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2012/07/regents-litigation-agenda-behind-closed.html.*  An amendment to the code of faculty conduct and discipline will be considered – but what that entails is not yet available.

*UPDATE: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-uc-settle-20130718,0,5729192.story

When more information becomes available, we will blog about it.  The Regents agenda is at: http://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/july13.html

Meanwhile, it’s hard to wait for the complete post:

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Jerry Brown Looks for an Online Course that Requires No Human Interaction

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At the Regents meeting of January 22, 2014, Gov. Brown seems to be searching for an online course that requires no human interaction.  Such a course, he reasons, could have unlimited enrollment because it is completely self-contained.  He gets some pushback from UC Provost Dorr, who thinks courses should have such interaction.  You can hear this excerpt at the link below.  The entire meeting of the Committee on Educational Policy of the Regents was posted yesterday.[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tYFLJvrE3g?feature=player_detailpage]