The Latinx Caucus met with UC Berkeley administration and Chancellor Carol Christ in a sit-down meeting on Monday to discuss its concerns and demands regarding the welfare and success of the Latine community at Berkeley.
As student leaders who have worked all year on the issue of technology funding, we felt it necessary to provide the student body with a more complete assessment of this proposal.
Here are the most important takeaways from the University of California Board of Regents’ first meeting of 2022. Chancellor’s Pay Raises The University of California Board of Regents approved pay raises for all nine UC chancellors with undergraduate student bodies on Jan. 20, with one no vote, one abstention and 16 approvals. UC Santa Barbara […]
In an effort to increase student representation in key campus committees, the ASUC Office of Academic Affairs announced its “Student Voices @ Every Table” campaign Feb. 10.
Many critical decisions on campus happen in spaces where students do not have representation, said Josh Lewis, chief of staff for the Office of Academic Affairs and a student member on the Academic Senate’s Committee on Courses of Instruction.
“At a foundational level we’re really interested in ensuring that student representation is guaranteed at every level of decision making at the university,” Lewis said.
One of the campaign’s targets is the Academic Senate, which is made up of 28 different committees and governs much of the academic life of students. According to Lewis, the Divisional Council holds much of the centralized power in the Academic Senate, but students have no representation on the committee. Additionally, students are not allowed to sit in, vote or discuss in meetings, Lewis adde