Reports and Recommendations 2016-17 to 2020-21

2020-21

• Revisions to APM 210 to Recognize Mentorship Activities, memo from Chair Gauvain to Vice Provost Carlson (8/21)
• Faculty Recruitment and Onboarding, memo from Chair Gauvain to Vice Provost Carlson (8/21)
• Faculty Housing Assistance, memo from Chair Gauvain to President Drake (8/21)
• Proposed Presidential Fee Policy for Graduate Student In Absentia Registration, memo from Chair Gauvain to Vice Provost Carlson (8/21)
• Financial Support for Campus Admission Offices, memo from Chair Gauvain to President Drake (8/21)
• Recommendations on Neurodiversity, memo from Chair Gauvain to Provost Brown (7/21)
• Report of the CCGA/UCPB Workgroup on SSGPDPs, memo from Chair Gauvain to Provost Brown (7/21)
• Grading Options for the ELWR in Fall 2021, memo from Chair Gauvain to Academic Senate Division Chairs (7/21)
• Master’s Program Reviews, memo from Chair Gauvain to Provost Brown (7/21)
• Presidential Campus Safety Plan, memo from Chair Gauvain to President Drake (6/21)
• Proposed Revisions to UC Presidential Policy: “UC Health Participation in Activities under the End of Life Option Act”, memo from Chair Gauvain to Vice Provost Carlson (6/21)
• BOARS Letter Regarding California State Auditor Requests of Campus Admissions Officers, memo from Chair Gauvain to Provost Brown (6/21)
• Proposed SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program Policy, memo from Chair Gauvain to Vice Provost Carlson (5/21)
• Presidential Policy on Classification of Gifts and Sponsored Awards, memo from Chair Gauvain to Vice Provost Carlson (5/21)
• Presidential Policy on Native American Cultural Affiliation and Repatriation (v.3), memo from Chair Gauvain to Vice Provost Carlson (5/21)
• UC Healthcare Affiliations, memo from Chair Gauvain to President Drake (5/21)
• Proposed Revisions to Universitywide Police Policies and Administrative Procedures, memo from Chair Gauvain to President Drake (5/21)
• Academic Senate Guidelines and Recommendations for Fall Re-Opening, memo from Chair Gauvain and Vice Chair Horwitz to Academic Senate Division Chairs (5/21)
  • UCAF Memo on Academic Freedom and the Return to In-Person Instruction (5/21)
• Student Loan Guidance and Financial Literacy, memo from Chair Gauvain to President Drake (5/21)
• Revised SVSH Frameworks for Faculty and Staff, memo from Chair Gauvain to Systemwide Title IX Coordinator Taylor (5/21)
• Academic Events and 18 U.S.C. § 2339B, memo from Chair Gauvain to President Drake (4/21)
• Suspension of Admission by Examination, memo from Chair Gauvain to President Drake (4/21)
• Presidential Authority to Enact Salary Curtailments/Cuts, memo from Chair Gauvain to President Drake (4/21)
• Bullying at the University, memo from Chair Gauvain to Provost Brown (4/21)
• Assembly Approval of Adjustment to Statewide Eligibility Index, memo from Chair Gauvain to President Drake (4/21)
• Systemwide Academic Senate Review of Proposed Presidential Policy on UC Research Data and Tangible Research Materials, memo from Chair Gauvain to Vice Provost Carlson (4/21)
• Support for Animal Research at the University of California, memo from Chair Gauvain to President Drake (4/21)
• Systemwide Senate Review of Revisions to Presidential Policy BFB-BUS-43 Purchases of Goods and Services; Supply Chain Management, memo from Chair Gauvain to Vice Provost Carlson (4/21)
• Guidance for Review of Academic Personnel Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic, memo from Chair Gauvain to Chairs of Academic Senate Divisions (4/21)
• ILTI Assessment Report and Recommendations, memo from Chair Gauvain to Provost Brown (3/21)
• Faculty Salary Scales Task Force Report and Recommendations, memo from Chair Gauvain to Provost Brown (3/21)
• Proposed Presidential Policy, Business and Finance Bulletin, IS-12 IT Recovery, memo from Chair Gauvain to Vice Provost Carlson (3/21)
• Assembly Approval of Revisions to Academic Senate Bylaw 336, memo from Chair Gauvain to President Drake (2/21)
• Endorsement of UCPB Resolution on ESG Criteria in Selecting UC Insurance Services, memo from Chair Gauvain to Executive Vice President Brostrom Chairs of Academic Senate Divisions (2/21)
• Impact of Curtailment on Defined Contribution Plan Members, memo from Chair Gauvain to President Drake (2/21)
• Systemwide Senate Review of Proposed Revisions to the APM 700 Series, memo from Chair Gauvain to Vice Provost Carlson (2/21)
• Concerns about Censorship by Zoom and other Private Platforms, memo from Chair Gauvain to Provost Brown and Chairs of Academic Senate Divisions (2/21)
• Systemwide Senate Review of the Report of the Academic Council Online Undergraduate Degree Task Force, memo from Chair Gauvain to Provost Brown and Chairs of Academic Senate Divisions (1/21)
• Recommendations for Mitigating COVID-19 Impacts on Faculty, memo from Chair Gauvain to President Drake (1/21)
• Statement of Concern about Possible Budget Cuts to the California Digital Library, memo from Chair Gauvain to Provost Brown (1/21)
• UCRP 2016 Tier “Second Choice” Window, memo from Chair Gauvain to President Drake (12/20)
• UC’s Entry Level Writing Requirement and the systemwide Advanced Writing Placement Examination - UCOPE Letter for Vice Provosts and Deans for Undergraduate Education memo from Chair Gauvain to Provost Brown (12/20)
• Grading Options for the ELWR in winter and spring 2021, memo from Chair Gauvain to Chairs of Academic Senate Divisions (12/20)
• Divisional flexibility in implementation of Senate Regulation 782, memo from Chair Gauvain to Chairs of Academic Senate Divisions (12/20)
• Waiver of Senate Regulation 636.B and 636.C for fall 2021, winter 2022, and spring 2022, memo from Chair Gauvain to Chairs of Academic Senate Divisions (12/20)
• Extension of Guidance on Divisional Flexibility for Grading Options for Winter, Spring, and Summer 2021, memo from Chair Gauvain to Chairs of Academic Senate Divisions (12/20)
• UCAP Letter on CAP Evaluations of Health Sciences Faculty, memo from Chair Gauvain to Vice Provost Carlson (11/20)
• Proposed Campus Curtailment Program, memo from Chair Gauvain to President Drake (11/20)
• Administration of the Systemwide Analytical Writing Placement Exam in 2021, memo from Chair Gauvain to Vice President and Vice Provost Gullatt (11/20)
• Recommendation on Testing Options to Satisfy the ELWR, memo from Chair Gauvain to Vice President and Vice Provost Gullatt (9/20)
• Passing Requirement for the ELWR in Fall 2020, memo from Chair Gauvain to Chairs of Academic Senate Divisions (9/20)
• Guidance on Divisional Flexibility for Grading Options in Fall 2020, memo from Chair Gauvain to Chairs of Academic Senate Divisions (9/20)
• Recommendation to Modify APM 210-1.d(1) to Include Mentoring in Section Title, request for Review from Chair Gauvain to Vice Provost Carlson (9/20)

Program and School Approvals 2020-21:

• Simple Name Change to UCSC College Ten (8/21)
• Simple Name Change to UCR School of Education (7/21)
• Master of Applied Chemical Sciences at UCLA (7/21)
• Online Master of Data Science at UC San Diego (7/21)
• Master of Quantum Science and Technology at UCLA (4/21)
• Master in Analytics at UC Berkeley (4/21)
• Simple Name Change to UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources (10/20)

2019-20

• PAC-12 Players’ Well-Being, memo from Chair Bhavnani to President Drake and Provost Brown (8/20)
• ILTI Course Offerings During Summer and Fall, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Chairs of Academic Senate Divisions (8/20)
• Academic Advisory Committee Report of Activities and Procedures for Appointing a New UC President (7/20)
• Environmental, Social and Governance Principles for Commercial Banking Vendors, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Chief Investment Officer Bachher (7/20)
• Fossil Fuel Investments in UCRS, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Chief Investment Officer Bachher (7/20)
• Report of the Academic Council Teaching Evaluation Task Force, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Chairs of Academic Senate Divisions (7/20)
• Report of the Regents’ Working Group on Chancellor Search and Selection, memo from Chair Bhavnani to President Napolitano (7/20)
• Extending Faculty Diversity Task Force Year 1 Report, endorsed by Academic Council on July 22, 2020
• Request for Review of Recommendation to Modify APM 140-23(a), memo from Chair Bhavnani to Vice Provost Carlson (7/20)
• Proposed Revised Presidential Policy on UC Seismic Safety, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Vice Provost Carlson (7/20)
• Grading Options for ELWR for Summer 2020, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Chairs of Academic Senate Divisions (7/20)
• Mitigating Negative COVID-19 Impacts, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Chairs of Academic Senate Divisions (7/20)
• Federal Policies on International Student Visas, memo from Chair Bhavnani to President Napolitano (7/20)
• ACA-5 and Shared Governance in the Challenges Ahead, memo from Chair Bhavnani to President Napolitano (7/20)
• Student/Faculty Survey about Remote Learning during Winter/Spring 2020 - Summary of Findings and Recommendations, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Chairs of Academic Senate Divisions (7/20)
• Flexibility for Campus Re-opening, memo from Chair Bhavnani to President Napolitano (7/20)
• Principles for Managing the COVID-19 Financial Crisis, memo from Chair Bhavnani to President Napolitano (7/20)
• Principles for Four-Year Undergraduate Education of Incarcerated Students, memo from Chair Bhavnani to President Napolitano (7/20)
• Five-Year Review of the UC Observatories (UCO), memo from Chair Bhavnani to Vice President Maldonado (7/20)
• Five-Year Review of the Bioengineering Institute of California (BIC), memo from Chair Bhavnani to Vice President Maldonado (7/20)
• Endorsement of Revised Presidential Policy on Copyright Ownership, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Vice Provost Carlson (7/20)
• Fossil Fuel Divestment Transparency, memo from Chair Bhavnani to President Napolitano and Chief Investment Officer Bachher (7/20)
• Proposed Presidential Policy on Native American Cultural Affiliation and Repatriation, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Vice Provost Carlson (6/20)
• Recommendations for UC Policing, memo from Chair Bhavnani to President Napolitano (6/20)
• Feasibility Study for Standardized Testing, memo from Chair Bhavnani to President Napolitano (6/20)
• Supreme Court Ruling on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), memo from Chair Bhavnani to President Napolitano (6/20)
• California Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5 and the repeal of Proposition 209, memo from Chair Bhavnani to President Napolitano (6/20)
• Proposed Presidential Policy on Protection of Human Subjects in Research, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Vice Provost Carlson (6/20)
• Moment of Silence and Reflection on June 4, 2020, Statement from Academic Council for wide distribution (6/20)
• Simplified process for maintaining Senate membership for In-Residence and Clinical X faculty during the Covid-19 crisis, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Vice Provost Carlson (6/20)
• Request to Extend Normative Time-to-Degree and Funding Limits, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Provost Brown (6/20)
• Temporary Waiver of Senate Regulation 636.C, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Chairs of Academic Senate Divisions (6/20)
• Proposed Revised Travel Regulations Policy, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Vice Provost Carlson (5/20)
• Proposed Presidential Policy on Gender Recognition and Lived Name, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Vice Provost Carlson (5/20)
• Clarification of letter grade and P/NP options for ELWR for Spring 2020, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Chairs of Academic Senate Divisions (5/20)
• Guidance on Divisional Flexibility for Grading Options for Summer 2020, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Chairs of Academic Senate Divisions (5/20)
• Guidelines for Reviewing Agencies in Light of Covid-19, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Chairs of Academic Senate Divisions, Provost Brown, and Vice Provost Carlson (5/20)
• Opposition to New Immigration Restrictions, memo from Chair Bhavnani to President Napolitano (5/20)
• Guidance on Oversight of Student Fees Beyond Tuition, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Chairs of Academic Senate Divisions (4/20)
• Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications, Data and Code Resulting From Federally Funded Research, memo from Chair Bhavnani to President Napolitano (4/20)
• Academic Senate Recommendations on Standardized Testing, memo from Chair Bhavnani to President Napolitano (4/20)
• Grading Options for ELWR for Spring 2020, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Chairs of Academic Senate Divisions (4/20)
• Concerns about Child Care Access, memo from Chair Bhavnani to President Napolitano (4/20)
• Undergraduate Good Standing Criteria and Cross Campus Enrollment, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Provost Brown (4/20)
• UCPB Letter on Graduate Student Funding, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Provost Brown (4/20)
• Adding Qualified Longevity Annuity Contracts (QLACs) to the UC Retirement Savings Program Pathway Fund, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Chief Investment Officer Bachher (4/20)
• Statement on Course Materials Developed for Remote Teaching during the COVID-19 Emergency, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Chairs of Academic Senate Divisions and Chairs of Systemwide Committees (4/20)
• Temporary Modification of Existing Admission Requirements Due to COVID-19, memo from Chair Bhavnani to President Napolitano (3/20)
• Divisional Flexibility for Grading Options During 2020, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Chairs of Academic Senate Divisions (3/20)
• UC Washington Center Current State Assessment Report, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Provost Brown (3/20)
• Request that Unspent Subscription Money be Invested in Open Access Publishing, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Provost Brown (3/20)
• Working Group on Comprehensive Access Chair’s Report, memo from Chair Bhavnani to President Napolitano (2/20)
• Assembly of the Academic Senate Resolution on the Search for a new UC President (2/20)
• UCSC Graduate Students’ Strike and Police Presence at UCSC, statements from Academic Council (2/20)
• Additional recommendations related to the Area D (“Laboratory Science”) freshman admission requirement, memo from Chair Bhavnani to President Napolitano (2/20)
• Presidential Search and Public Engagement with the Special Committee, letter from Chair Bhavnani to Secretary and Chief of Staff to the Regents Shaw (1/20)
• Request for nominations for 2020-2021 Vice Chair of the Academic Council, letter from Chair Bhavnani to Members of the Assembly of the Academic Senate (1/20)
• Statement on the University’s Collective Bargaining Negotiations with “Unit 18” Lecturers, memo from Chair Bhavnani to President Napolitano (1/20)
• Proposed Revised Presidential Policy on Copyright Ownership, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Vice Provost Carlson (12/19)
• President Napolitano's Response to Academic Council’s Climate Change Principles and Recommendations, memo from President Napolitano to Chair Bhavnani (12/19)
• Climate Change Principles and Recommendations, memo from Chair Bhavnani to President Napolitano (12/19)
• UC Academic Council Statement on Review of Standardized Testing, (11/19)
• Support for Fair Pay to Play Act, memo from Chair Bhavnani to President Napolitano (11/19)
• Proposed Revised Presidential Policy on Native American Cultural Affiliation and Repatriation, memo from Chair Bhavnani to Vice Provost Carlson (11/19)
• Criteria for Selection of the President, letter from Chair Bhavnani to Regent Elliott (10/19)
• Employee Contributions to UCRP, memo from Chair Bhavnani to President Napolitano (10/19)

Program and School Approvals 2019-20:

• Simple Name Change for UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (7/20)
• Master of Healthcare Administration at UCLA (7/20)
• Master of Development Engineering at UC Berkeley (7/20)
• School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) at UC Irvine (7/20)
• Dual degree Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning at UCLA (5/20)
• Master of Data Science (MDS) at UC Irvine (1/20)
• Master of English SSGPDP Conversion at UC Irvine (1/20)
• Pre-Proposal for a School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at UC Irvine (12/19)
• Master of Applied Geospatial Information Systems and Technologies (MAGIST) at UCLA (11/19)
• Master of Environmental Data Science (MEDS) at UC Santa Barbara (9/19)

Academic Personnel Manual Reviews 2019-20:

• Proposed Revised APM Sections 240 (Deans) and 246 (Faculty administrators), memo from Chair Bhavnani to Vice Provost Carlson (3/20)
• Proposed Revised APM Section 120 (Emerita/Emeritus Titles), memo from Chair Bhavnani to Vice Provost Carlson (2/20)
• Proposed Revised APM Section 230, Visiting Appointments (10/19)

2018-19

• Statement on the Academic Senate Memorial to the Regents on Divestment from Fossil Fuels, memo from Chair May to President Napolitano (8/19)
• Recommendations for Equity Advisor Programs at the University of California, memo from Chair May to Provost Brown (8/19)
• Response to 2019 Proposal to Adopt Segal Recommendations for UCRP, memo from Chair May to President Napolitano (8/19)
• Final Report of the Non-Discrimination in Healthcare Task Force, memo from Chair May to President Napolitano (7/19)
• Faculty Salary Plan, memo from Chair May to President Napolitano (7/19)
• Support for Professor Baki Tezcan, memo from Chair May to President Napolitano (7/19)
• Request for Medicare Advantage PPO Data Collection, memo from Chair May to President Napolitano (7/19)
• Request for Guidelines to Avoid Inequities in APM-285 Implementation, memo from Chair May to Provost Brown (7/19)
• Current State Assessment Report for Research Grants Program Office (RGPO), memo from Chair May to Provost Brown (7/19)
• Racialization of Espionage Concerns, memo from Chair May to President Napolitano (7/19)
• Memorial to the Regents on Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies, from Chair May to President Napolitano (7/19)
• Academic Council Statement of Support for Alternative Access to Elsevier Journals (7/19)
• UCEP Recommendation on ILTI Cross-Campus Enrollment System and Data, memo from Chair May to Provost Brown (7/19)
• The College Student Right to Access Act (SB 24), memo from Chair May to President Napolitano (7/19)
• Combating Infringement of Faculty Intellectual Property, memo from Chair May to Vice Provost Carlson (7/19)
• Statement on Canary Mission, memo from Chair May to President Napolitano (7/19)
• Canary Mission, memo from Chair May to President Napolitano (7/19)
• Current State Assessment Report for UC Center in Sacramento, memo from Chair May to Provost Brown (7/19)
• UC Irvine Proposed Online Business Major, memo from Chair May to Provost Brown (6/19)
• Policy on Awarding Degrees Posthumously, memo from Chair May to President Napolitano (6/19)
• Academic Council Statement on Fetal Tissue Research (6/19)
• Interim Report of the Academic Senate's UC Non-Discrimination in Healthcare Task Force, memo from Chair May to President Napolitano (6/19)
• Interim Policy on Responding to Immigration Enforcement Involving Patients at UC Health Facilities, memo from Chair May to Executive Vice President Stobo (6/19)
• Declaration of Rights and Principles to Transform Scholarly Communication, memo from Chair May to President Napolitano (6/19)
• Academic Senate Five-Year Review of the Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, memo from Chair May to Vice President Ellis (6/19)
• Academic Senate Five-Year Review of the UC Humanities Research Institute, memo from Chair May to Vice President Ellis (6/19)
• Assembly-approved revisions to Senate Regulation 424.A.3 (Area D), memo from Chair May to President Napolitano and Provost Brown (5/19)
• Implementation of Composite Benefit Rates, memo from Chair May to President Napolitano (5/19)
• Expert Review of Surveys Targeting the UC Community, memo from Chair May to President Napolitano (5/19)
• Medicare and the Retiree Health Benefits Working Group, memo from Chair May to President Napolitano (5/19)
• Tiger Teams on International Research and Students, memo from Chair May to President Napolitano (5/19)
• Chancellors’ Statement on Academic Boycotts of Israeli Institutions, memo from Chair May to UC Chancellors (4/19)
• Assembly Approval of Revisions to Senate Bylaw 336, memo from Chair May to President Napolitano (4/19)
• Second Systemwide Review of Proposed Presidential Policy on Open Access for Theses and Dissertations, memo from Chair May to Vice Provost Carlson (4/19)
• Proposed Revisions to SVSH Frameworks, memo from Chair May to Vice Provost Carlson (4/19)
• Concerns Regarding the Use of Research Information Management Systems (RIMS) at UC, memo from Chair May to President Napolitano and Provost Brown (3/19)
• Death of a Faculty Member with a Pending Promotion, memo from Chair May to Vice Provost Carlson (3/19)
• Politicization of Research Funding and Science, memo from Chair May to President Napolitano (3/19)
• Statement on UC Negotiations with Elsevier Publishing, signed by all Divisional and Systemwide Committee Chairs (2/19)
• Recommendations for the Use of DEI Statements for Academic Positions at UC, memo from Chair May to Provost Brown and Academic Senate Division Chairs (2/19)
• Faculty Consultation on Library Space and Removal of Print Materials, memo from Chair May to President Napolitano (2/19)
• Federal Restrictions on Fetal Tissue Research, memo from Chair May to President Napolitano and Provost Brown (2/19)
• Request to add Roth Plans to the UCRP DC Plan Options, memo from Chair May to Vice President Duckett (1/19)
• Proposed Revisions to Presidential Policy BFB-BUS-46 (Use of Vehicles and Driver Selection), memo from Chair May to Vice Provost Carlson (1/19)
• Proposed Revisions to the Presidential Policy on Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment (SVSH), memo from Chair May to Vice Provost Carlson (12/18)
• Proposed Presidential Policy on Principles of Accountability with Respect to Financial Transactions, memo from Chair May to Vice Provost Carlson (12/18)
• Proposed Revisions to Presidential Policy BFB-RMP-7, Protection of Administrative Records Containing Personally Identifiable Information, memo from Chair May to Vice Provost Carlson (12/18)
• Comments on Draft Report of UC ANR Advisory Committee, memo from Chair May to the Chair of the UC ANR Advisory Committee (12/18)
• Request for Study of Faculty Morale and Turnover in the UC Health System, memo from Chair May to President Napolitano (11/18)
• Recommendations for the Expansion of the President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP), memo from Chair May to President Napolitano (11/18)
• Academic Freedom for Non-Senate Academic Appointees, memo from Chair May to President Napolitano and Provost Brown (10/18)
• Proposed Consolidation of UC’s Mexico Entities, memo from Chair May to Provost Brown (10/18)

Program and School Approvals 2018-19:

• Bachelor of Music in Music Performance at UC Los Angeles (8/19)
• School of Public Health at UC San Diego (6/19)
• Master of Legal Studies at UC Los Angeles (6/19)
• Master of Design (MDes) at UC Berkeley (5/19)
• Discontinuance of Textiles and Clothing & Fiber and Polymer Science Degree Programs at UC Davis (4/19)
• Online Master of Business Administration at UC Davis (4/19)
• Seventh Undergraduate College at UC San Diego (4/19)
• Flexible Master of Social Welfare (“Flex-MSW”) at UC Berkeley (4/19)
• Master of Bioprocess Engineering (MBE) at UC Berkeley (4/19)
• Master of Engineering (MEng) at UC Irvine (4/19)

Academic Personnel Manual Reviews 2018-19:

• Proposed new APM Section 011, Academic Freedom, Protection of Professional Standards, and Responsibilities of Non-Faculty Academic Appointees (7/19)

2017-18

• Interim Report of the Retiree Health Working Group, memo from Chair White to President Napolitano (8/18)
• Student Mental Health Support Services, memo from Chair White to Provost Brown (8/18)
• Training for Teaching Assistants and Graduate Student Instructors, memo from Chair White to Provost Brown (8/18)
• UCEP Recommendation for Instituting a Student-Friendly Petition Process to Expedite Cross-Campus Enrollment in Online Courses, memo from Chair White to Provost Brown (8/18)
• Revised Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Policy, memo from Chair White to Executive Director Ken Smith (8/18)
• Proposed Presidential Policy on Disclosure of Financial Interests and Management of COI in Private Sponsors of Research, and Revised APM-028, memo from Chair White to Vice Provost Carlson (8/18)
• Proposed Model Policy for the Awarding of Posthumous Undergraduate Degrees, memo from Chair White to Senate Division Chairs and Senate Executive Directors (8/18)
• Academic Senate Implementation of California State Auditor Recommendations on Sexual Harassment Complaints, memo from Chair White to Board of Regents Chair Kieffer (7/18)
• The Future of UC Press, memo from Chair White to President Napolitano (7/18)
• Endorsement of Transfer Task Force Report, memo from Chair White to President Napolitano (7/18)
• Faculty Salary Plan Next Steps, memo from Chair White to President Napolitano (7/18)
• Report of the Systemwide Public Safety Task Force, memo from Chair White to President Napolitano (7/18)
• Shared Governance in the Review of UCOP Reorganization, memo from Chair White to President Napolitano (7/18)
• UC Education Abroad Program Governance Structure, memo from Chair White to Provost Brown (6/18)
• 2018 Faculty Salary Actions Relative to SOE Faculty, memo from Chair White to President Napolitano (6/18)
• Cybersecurity Improvements for Payroll and Pension Access, memo from Chair White to Vice President Andriola and Vice President Duckett (6/18)
• Systemwide Transfer Guarantee Proposal, memo from Chair White to President Napolitano (5/18)
• UCAF Letter Regarding Concerns over Politicization of Science Research Funding, memo from Chair White to President Napolitano (5/18)
• Response to Proposed Revisions to Presidential Policy on Supplement to Military Pay - Four-Year Renewal, memo from Chair White to Vice Provost Carlson (5/18)
• Recommendations on UC Export Control Policy, memo from Chair White to Vice President Ellis (5/18)
• Senate Review of the Institutes for Transportation Studies, memo from Chair White to Vice President Ellis (5/18) 
• UCAF Response to UC Student Association Letter on Free Speech and Hate Speech, memo from Chair White to UC Student Association President Gutierrez (5/18)
• BOARS Annual Report to the Regents on Undergraduate Admissions Requirements and Comprehensive Review (4/18)
• Academic Senate Response to Proposed Policy on Open Access for Theses and Dissertations, memo from Chair White to Vice Provost Carlson (3/18)
• UCACC Recommendations on IT Governance at the Campus Level (3/18)
• Proposal for Reorientation of UCOP, memo from Chair White to President Napolitano (3/18)
• Principles for interpretation of the Huron Report, memo from Chair White to President Napolitano (3/18)
• Exchange Traded Funds in UCRP, memo from Chair White to Chief Investment Officer Bachher (3/18)
• Plan to Close the Faculty Salary Gap, memo from Chair White to President Napolitano (3/18)
• Assembly Approval of Revisions to Senate Regulation 424.A.3 (Area “d” Freshman Admission Requirement), memo from Chair White to President Napolitano (2/18)
• Statement in Support of Undocumented Students Enrolled at UC, memo from Chair White to President Napolitano (2/18) 
• Statement of Support for UC Student Detained by Border Patrol, memo from Chair White to President Napolitano (1/18)
• Faculty Salaries, memo from Chair White to President Napolitano (12/17)
• Academic Senate Review of the Report on the Negotiated Salary Trial Program, memo from Chair White to Vice Provost Carlson (12/17)
• Letters on Retiree Health, memo from Chair White to President Napolitano (10/17)
• Response to the Budget Act of 2017: Principles to Guide Options for Redirecting Funds to Enrollment, memo from Chair White to President Napolitano (10/17)

Program and School Approvals 2017-18:

• Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MIE) at UC Irvine (8/18)
• Pre-proposal for a School of Public Health at UC San Diego (7/18)
• Pre-proposal to establish a seventh undergraduate college at UC San Diego (6/18)
• Name Change for UC Riverside School of Business (5/18)
• Master of Software Engineering (MSE) at UC Irvine (4/18)
• Name Change for UC Irvine Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences (2/18)
• Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree at UC Irvine (2/18)
• Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree at UCLA (2/18)
• Master of Molecular Science and Software Engineering at UC Berkeley (10/17)
• Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc) degree at UC San Diego (10/17)
• Master of Information and Cyber Security (MICS) degree at UC Berkeley (9/17)

Academic Personnel Manual Reviews 2017-18:

• Proposed New APM 675, Veterinary Medicine Salary Administration (8/18)
• Endorsement of Proposed Revisions to APM 285 and 210-3 (5/18)

2016-17

• Statements On the Free Exchange of Information and ACR-21, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to President Napolitano (8/17)
• Revised Presidential Policy on Electronic Information Security, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to Vice Provost Carlson (8/17)
• BOARS Report on the Compare Favorably Policy, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to President Napolitano (7/17)
• Statement on the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to President Napolitano (7/17)
• Support for the University's Open Access Mission, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to President Napolitano (7/17)
• Support for Changes to Retirement Savings Plan Funds Menu, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to Chief Investment Officer Bachher (7/17)
• Regents Item on Retiree Health, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to President Napoltiano (7/17) 
• Assembly Approval of Proposed Policy on Augmented Review in Undergraduate Admissions, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to President Napolitano (6/17)
• Concerns about State Assembly Budget Bill, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to President Napolitano (6/17)
• Proposed Presidential Policy on Export Controls, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to Vice Provost Carlson (6/17)
• Letters on Faculty Salaries and the Salary Scales, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to President Napolitano (5/17)
• Draft Presidential Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Policy, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to Vice Provost Carlson (5/17)
• UC Retirement Savings Program Administrative and Record Keeping Fee Allocation, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to Vice President Duckett (3/17)
• UCFW Report on Domestic Partner Benefit Equity, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to Executive Vice President Nava (2/17)
• UCEP Investigation of Policies and Practices for Student-led Courses, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to President Napolitano (2/17)
• Presidential Policy Business and Finance Bulletin (BFB) – G-28 Travel Regulations, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to Vice Provost Carlson (2/17)
• Statement Opposing President Trump's Executive Order on Immigration, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to President Napolitano (1/17)
• Academic Council Support for UC Statement on President Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to President Napolitano (1/17)
• Proposed Revisions to Presidential Nondiscrimination Policy and APM 015, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to Vice Provost Carlson (1/17)
• Proposed Revised Policy on Professional Degree Supplemental Tuition, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to Provost Dorr (1/17)
• Resolution on In-State Tuition, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to President Napolitano (1/17)
• Resolution on Nonresident Enrollment, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to President Napolitano (12/16)
• Proposed Presidential Policy on International Activities, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to Vice Provost Carlson (12/16)
• Endorsement of Principles in Support of Undocumented Members of the UC Community, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to President Napolitano (12/16)
• Maximum Out of Pocket Costs in UC Care, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to Executive Vice President Stobo and Chief Operating Officer Nava (12/16)
• Support for Ongoing Funding of Faculty Exit Surveys, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to Provost Dorr (12/16)
• UCEP Report on Re-examination of Alternative Credit – Advanced Placement Exams, Memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to Provost Dorr, (12/16)
• UCEP Report on Re-examination of Alternative Credit – Credit by Examination, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to Provost Dorr (10/16)
• Recommendations for Future Faculty Salary Equity Analyses, memo from Senate Chair Chalfant to Provost Dorr (10/16)

• Program and School Approvals 2016-17:

  • Master of Real Estate Development and Design (MRED+D) at UC Berkeley (8/17)
  • Master of Public Health (MPH) at UC San Diego (7/17)
  • Master of Management (M.M.) at UC Merced (6/17)
  • Master of Conservation and Restoration Science (MCRS) Degree at UC Irvine (3/17)
  • Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) at UC Irvine (2/17)
  • Assembly Approval of Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree program at UC San Francisco (2/17)
  • Sue and Bill Gross School of Nursing at UC Irvine (12/16)
  • Conservation of Material Culture Graduate Program at UC Los Angeles (12/16)
  • Master of Finance (M.F.) Degree at UC Irvine (12/16)
  • Master of Embedded and Cyber-Physical Systems (MECPS) at UC Irvine (9/16)
  • Simple Name Change: UC Santa Cruz College Eight to Rachel Carson College (9/16)

• Academic Personnel Manual Reviews 2016-17:

  • Second Review of Proposed Revisions to APM 278 and 210-6 (Health Sciences Clinical Professor) (3/17)
  • Assembly Approval of Proposed Amendments to APM 015 & 016 (2/17)
    • Proposed Amendments to APM 015 & 016 (12/21)
  • Proposed Technical Revisions to APM - 190, Appendix G (10/16)