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What Happens at Duke When Faculty Think the Numbers Don’t Add Up

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Story about a questionable China venture at Duke from Inside Higher Ed appeared today. The numbers didn’t add up. It reminds me of something at UCLA that rhymes with “motel.” Excerpt below: Faculty members at Duke University’s business school expressed deep reservations at a meeting last week regarding the viability of what were supposed to be the first programs at the university’s new campus in Kunshan, China. Following the recommendations of two committees convened to design the programs — a master’s of management science and an executive M.B.A. — the faculty sent the M.M.S. program back to the drawing board,…

Audio of Regents Meeting of May 18, 2011

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The prior post on this blog provided the audio for the Regents meeting of May 17. Below is the audio in two parts for the second day of the Regents meeting, May 18. Also below is the agenda for that date. Wednesday, May 18 8:30 am Committee of the Whole (public comment) 8:50 am Committee on Compensation (open session) Special Meeting: Committee on Compensation (open session) 9:15 am Special Meeting: Board (open session) 9:30 am Committee on Finance (open session) 12:30 pm Lunch 1:15 pm Committee on Finance (open session continued) 1:25 pm Joint Meeting: Committees on Finance and Oversight…

Audio of Regents Meeting of May 17, 2011

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The UCLA Faculty Association is now routinely requesting the audios of Regents meetings and posting them. Audios are available only for open sessions of the Regents. Below are links to Parts 1 and 2 of the May 17, 2011 meeting and the agenda. Tuesday, May 17 11:00 am Committee on Grounds and Buildings (open session – includes public comment) 12:45 pm Committee on of the Whole (open session – includes public comment) 1:45 pm Committee on Oversight of the DOE Laboratories (open session) 2:15 pm Board (open session) 2:30 pm Committee on Educational Policy (open session) 3:00 pm Committee on…

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Leg Assembly Summary

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These really high-quality cellphone photos come from yesterday’s Legislative Assembly meeting. There were no shockers. Presentations were made by Academic Senate Chair Ann Karagozian, Chancellor Gene Block, and Vice Chancellor Steve Olsen regarding budget and other matters facing the campus this year and next. With regard to the hotel/conference center pause-and-review, Chair Karagozian said that the Olsen review of the proposal would likely take until the fall. Since VC Olsen was present and did not indicate otherwise, I assume that timing is indeed the likely prospect. The Block and Olsen reviews of the budget and related matters indicated that unlike…

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They’re Not Thinking About Our Problems

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The May Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) poll is out today and you will be reading stories in the press about the detailed views of the public on various state issues including the state budget and state governance problems. Obviously, the budget and governance are very important to UC. But hidden in the poll is an important message. Take a look at the table below. What is obvious is that the public, including voters, are not losing sleep over the issues that pollsters ask about except one: “jobs/economy.” Yes, if pressed, respondents will answer questions about other issues. But…

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UCLA History: Extension in Early 1931

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UC Extension operated out of a building at the corner of 8th Street and Hill Street in downtown LA in 1931. Prof. Toby Higbie indicated in a comment on my last Extension catalog posting that UCLA did not directly run the Extension program; rather it was administered from Berkeley. However, the UCLA provost served on the board that administered the LA operation. (The photo above is of 4th and Hill in the late 1920s; I can’t find an old one of 8th and Hill.) Some of the course offerings appear to be by UCLA faculty members. Extension apparently had various…