Reinvigorating Our Relationship with California

Service to the public must be a hallmark of our institutional culture and must guide our administrative decision-making. That means listening to the needs of the public, applying our research and educational capacities to address those needs and ensuring the public’s expectations of accountability and trust are met. To succeed, we must:

• Respond, contribute and be accountable in addressing vital public issues. This includes:
• Contributing to the restoration of K-12 education;
• Addressing the lack of diversity among UC’s faculty and students;
• Developing bold and practical alternatives for maintaining affordability at UC for undergraduates; and
• Surveying the state of operations at our national laboratories.

What’s next?

• UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau convened a committee to examine affordability alternatives and provided a preliminary report out to Regents at their January 2008 meeting. A final written report was delivered to the Provost in March for future action.

• Executive Vice President Bruce Darling and Vice President Bob Foley completed in November their survey of the state of operations at the labs, two of which are now under a new form of governance.

• Re-examine UCOP’s external relations functions so we are able to articulate our accomplishments and objectives effectively and ensure the University’s economic and social value is clear to ourselves, our supporters and those we serve. In particular, this effort will focus on improving the University’s State Governmental Relations function and our methods for energizing alumni and donors.

What’s next?

A working group has formed and is expected to provide a final report to Provost Hume in April.

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