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The retirement of Lawrence Pitts, provost and executive vice president of academic affairs for the UC, has been temporarily delayed as the search for his successor continues, according to UC spokesperson Dianne Klein. Pitts announced last year that he would retire in February, after three years as UC provost. But
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A University of California Academic Senate proposal introduced in early February requests that the UC Board of Regents endorse specific ballot measures or legislation that would increase revenue to the state and prioritize state allocation of funds to the university. The proposal, which was distributed to all senate faculty members,
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Future University of California students may be asked to disclose their sexual orientation upon accepting an admissions offer to a UC campus. Recent legislation and efforts to obtain this information were introduced with the goal of improving campus data and resources available for students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual
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As the UC system faces another year of diminishing state support, a new policy has been proposed to increase salaries for certain faculty members to improve retention rates. The proposed Negotiated Salary Program would increase faculty salaries by tapping into the many sources of self-generated incomes faculty have access to
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Lawrence Pitts, UC provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, will step down in February, UC officials announced Thursday. During Pitts’ three years as the university’s top academic officer, shrinking state funding led to skyrocketing tuition, a growing inability to retain faculty and austerity measures for the university and its
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