Regents Propose Centralization Without Real Justification
As you may have seen, the Regents will vote July 20th on a proposed revision to their By-laws and the University's Standing Orders. An original presentation was made at their May 12 meeting; tomorrow's discussion will be about a modified version of that proposal. You can find the modifications here . Commentary on this has been provided by former Regent Velma Montoya ( here and here ), Hank Reichman at the Academe Blog has commented here , and the California Association of Scholars has sent a letter reprinted here . I urge you all to read the various documents and commentaries but I wanted to clarify some of the important issues quickly. The proposal combines two major sets of changes. The first is a dramatic alteration in the Regents committee and meeting structure--an alteration that could reduce both public debate and oversight in important ways. And second, the proposal begins a process that will likely result in the elimination of the Standing Ord...