Berkeley after Birgeneau

CAMPUS ISSUES: Nicholas Dirks, who is likely to become UC Berkeley’s next chancellor, needs to be more visible on campus than his predecessor.

UC Berkeley’s next chancellor is tasked with navigating the campus through a particularly tumultuous and precarious moment in its history. Though the passage of Proposition 30 offers some respite, as the University of California no longer faces a midyear budget cut, it is only a glimmer of hope on an Read More…

Apprehensive excellence

CAMPUS ISSUES: CultureCal, an online project associated with the Operational Excellence initiative, is a good idea, as long as it delivers results.

If an effort by UC Berkeley to create guiding principles for the workplace succeeds, accomplishing administrative tasks should become much easier. Ideally, a new work philosophy will improve efficiency on campus dramatically. This will hopefully be the outcome of CultureCal, an online project that allows campus employees to vote on Read More…