Pay Some Attention: Return of UCOF 2

The UC Commission on the Future is having its fifth meeting tomorrow, June 14, for its second consideration of formal recommendations.  UCOP has performed a studio cut on the original material, which has the virtue of greater clarity.  Note in particular (page references are internal to the Meeting Materials):

•  "Selected Working Group First Round Recommendations."    (p 20) 

We are told that the other First Round recommendations are not thus rejected, but won't be discussed June 14.  There is some lack of clarity here.

• "Expanded recommendations" (p 68). These have been recently added by UCOP.

These new UCOP recommendations have not been reviewed by the Senate, and there has been some drama about this over the past week.  The upshot seems to be that "nothing will be decided at this meeting."

• Senate Chair Harry Powell's summary of the Academic Senate's review of the UCOF First Round recommendations (p 102).
• Proposed Commision Recommendation from the Academic Council  (p 109)
• Council of Vice Chancellors (COVC) Recommendations to UCOF (p 113).

The main idea that has emerged from UCOP for managing UC downsizing is on-line instruction. See Tobias Higbie's analysis.

I offer a brief overview of the financial recommendations.

Catherine Cole explores some of the complications and potential conflicts of interest of the online iniative.