Comments on: Yudof Defends the Budget Cuts http://www.newuniversity.org/2009/10/news/yudof-defends-the-budget-cuts/ Thu, 24 May 2012 03:30:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: transparency http://www.newuniversity.org/2009/10/news/yudof-defends-the-budget-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-3168 transparency Wed, 12 May 2010 20:25:24 +0000 http://www.newuniversity.org/?p=9301#comment-3168 UCB Chancellor Birgeneau Loss of Credibility, Trust The UCB budget gap has grown to $150 million, and still the Chancellor is spending money that isn't there on expensive outside consultants. His reasons range from the need for impartiality to requiring the "innovative thinking, expertise, and new knowledge" the consultants would bring. Does this mean that the faculty and management of a world-class research and teaching institution lack the knowledge, impartiality, innovation, and professionalism to come up with solutions? Have they been fudging their research for years? The consultants will glean their recommendations from interviewing faculty and the UCB management that hired them; yet solutions could be found internally if the Chancellor were doing the job HE was hired to do. Consultant fees would be far better spent on meeting the needs of students. There can be only one conclusion as to why creative solutions have not been forthcoming from the professionals within UCB: Chancellor Birgeneau has lost credibility and the trust of the faculty as well as of the Academic Senate leadership that represents them. Even if the faculty agrees with the consultants' recommendations - disagreeing might put their jobs in jeopardy - the underlying problem of lost credibility and trust will remain. UCB Chancellor Birgeneau Loss of Credibility, Trust
The UCB budget gap has grown to $150 million, and still the Chancellor is spending money that isn’t there on expensive outside consultants. His reasons range from the need for impartiality to requiring the “innovative thinking, expertise, and new knowledge” the consultants would bring.

Does this mean that the faculty and management of a world-class research and teaching institution lack the knowledge, impartiality, innovation, and professionalism to come up with solutions? Have they been fudging their research for years? The consultants will glean their recommendations from interviewing faculty and the UCB management that hired them; yet solutions could be found internally if the Chancellor were doing the job HE was hired to do. Consultant fees would be far better spent on meeting the needs of students.

There can be only one conclusion as to why creative solutions have not been forthcoming from the professionals within UCB: Chancellor Birgeneau has lost credibility and the trust of the faculty as well as of the Academic Senate leadership that represents them. Even if the faculty agrees with the consultants’ recommendations – disagreeing might put their jobs in jeopardy – the underlying problem of lost credibility and trust will remain.

]]> By: transparency http://www.newuniversity.org/2009/10/news/yudof-defends-the-budget-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-3084 transparency Sat, 01 May 2010 18:45:03 +0000 http://www.newuniversity.org/?p=9301#comment-3084 It is time to save UCB Chancellor Birgeneau's salary. The UCB budget gap has grown to $150 million, and still the Chancellor is spending money that isn't there on expensive outside consultants. His reasons range from the need for impartiality to requiring the "innovative thinking, expertise, and new knowledge" the consultants would bring. Does this mean that the faculty and management of a world-class research and teaching institution lack the knowledge, impartiality, innovation, and professionalism to come up with solutions? Have they been fudging their research for years? The consultants will glean their recommendations from interviewing faculty and the UCB management that hired them; yet solutions could be found internally if the Chancellor were doing the job HE was hired to do. Consultant fees would be far better spent on meeting the needs of students. There can be only one conclusion as to why creative solutions have not been forthcoming from the professionals within UCB: Chancellor Birgeneau has lost credibility and the trust of the faculty as well as of the Academic Senate leadership that represents them. Even if the faculty agrees with the consultants' recommendations - disagreeing might put their jobs in jeopardy - the underlying problem of lost credibility and trust will remain. It is time to save UCB Chancellor Birgeneau’s salary. The UCB budget gap has grown to $150 million, and still the Chancellor is spending money that isn’t there on expensive outside consultants. His reasons range from the need for impartiality to requiring the “innovative thinking, expertise, and new knowledge” the consultants would bring.

Does this mean that the faculty and management of a world-class research and teaching institution lack the knowledge, impartiality, innovation, and professionalism to come up with solutions? Have they been fudging their research for years? The consultants will glean their recommendations from interviewing faculty and the UCB management that hired them; yet solutions could be found internally if the Chancellor were doing the job HE was hired to do. Consultant fees would be far better spent on meeting the needs of students.

There can be only one conclusion as to why creative solutions have not been forthcoming from the professionals within UCB: Chancellor Birgeneau has lost credibility and the trust of the faculty as well as of the Academic Senate leadership that represents them. Even if the faculty agrees with the consultants’ recommendations – disagreeing might put their jobs in jeopardy – the underlying problem of lost credibility and trust will remain.

]]> By: OC college roundup: Sexual assault at Chapman - College Life OC - OCRegister.com http://www.newuniversity.org/2009/10/news/yudof-defends-the-budget-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-286 OC college roundup: Sexual assault at Chapman - College Life OC - OCRegister.com Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:59:06 +0000 http://www.newuniversity.org/?p=9301#comment-286 [...] At UC Irvine, David Lumb, an editor at the New University, participated in a  UC student media interview with Mark Yudof, president of the UC. The reporters raised the question of whether Yudof supported keeping all 10 campuses open. Yudof said, “I envision keeping all the campuses. I thought it was outrageous when some faculty members advocated the shutdown of Merced. It just doesn’t save enough money and it does a disservice to the tens of thousands of students who attend those institutions.” (Complete interview). [...] [...] At UC Irvine, David Lumb, an editor at the New University, participated in a  UC student media interview with Mark Yudof, president of the UC. The reporters raised the question of whether Yudof supported keeping all 10 campuses open. Yudof said, “I envision keeping all the campuses. I thought it was outrageous when some faculty members advocated the shutdown of Merced. It just doesn’t save enough money and it does a disservice to the tens of thousands of students who attend those institutions.” (Complete interview). [...]

]]> By: N J http://www.newuniversity.org/2009/10/news/yudof-defends-the-budget-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-250 N J Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:37:38 +0000 http://www.newuniversity.org/?p=9301#comment-250 Those were very interesting answers. "I had a zany interviewer so I gave her zany answers." This didn't really answer any real questions though. Those were very interesting answers. “I had a zany interviewer so I gave her zany answers.” This didn’t really answer any real questions though.

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