The RFA is deeply concerned that the Regents have voted to make changes to shared governance that erode UC faculty’s legal and practical standing in shared governance. As Robert Meister points out, this could be the end of shared governance as a constitutional principle in the UC system. Please follow these links for more analysis.
Regents Propose Centralization Without Real Justification, Tuesday, July 19, 2016, by Michael Meranze, Remaking the University
Alarming Changes to UC Regent’s Governance Structure, July 19, 2016, Robert Meister as posted on the Council of U.C. Faculty Associations’ (CUCFA) website.