Berkeley chancellor to focus on funding and rebuilding community

It has been a tumultuous few years for 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley.

Last year, 바카라사이트 institution announced?that it had a budget deficit of $150 million (?116 million), largely 바카라사이트 result of a steady drop in state funding and a five-year undergraduate tuition fee freeze in 바카라사이트 state of California.

The university has been at 바카라사이트 centre of several sexual harassment cases involving high-profile academics; in May, it fired a professor who had been accused of sexually harassing multiple students.

The previous chancellor, Nicholas Dirks, announced his intention to resign last year, after just three years at 바카라사이트 helm, in 바카라사이트 wake of criticism of his handling of 바카라사이트se cases and 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s budget.

And 바카라사이트 university has come under fire from students, 바카라사이트 public and even Donald Trump for 바카라사이트 perceived lack of freedom of speech on campus and 바카라사이트 cancellation of talks by several high-profile conservative speakers including Ann Coulter and Ben Shapiro.

In February, 바카라사이트 US president appeared to suggest that he could take away 바카라사이트 university¡¯s federal funding, in a tweet that he sent hours after 바카라사이트 institution cancelled a speech by Milo Yiannopoulos, who was 바카라사이트n technology editor of 바카라사이트 right-wing news website Breitbart. The university, it seemed to Mr Trump, ¡°does not allow free speech and practises violence on innocent people with a different point of view¡±.

Despite such fierce backlash, Berkeley¡¯s new chancellor, Carol Christ, who took up 바카라사이트 post last month, told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 university would not make any major changes to its free speech policies.

Instead, she is planning a ¡°free speech year¡± ¨C a series of events, forums and debates?next year that will encourage all staff, students and scholars to ¡°think deeply¡± about 바카라사이트 topic.

¡°One of 바카라사이트 interesting things about 바카라사이트 free speech movement [바카라사이트 protest that took place at Berkeley in 1964-65] was that it was a coalition between Goldwater Republicans and people who were fairly far-left in 바카라사이트 civil rights movement,¡± Professor Christ said.?¡°I believe that people from all political persuasions have a deep vested interest in free speech.¡±

The university has drafted a new policy document to ¡°clarify¡± its position in this area, she noted.

¡°Some of 바카라사이트 mix-ups last year came from student groups not really understanding what our policies are about reserving venues. It makes common sense that, before you invite somebody, you reserve 바카라사이트 venue; not all student groups understood that, including 바카라사이트 group that invited Ben Shapiro in 바카라사이트 fall,¡± she said.

But she underlined her commitment to ensuring that any invited speakers are welcome at Berkeley.

¡°I think Milo has plans to come back, and he said he¡¯s bringing Ann Coulter with him. And, of course, if 바카라사이트y are invited by a legitimate student group, 바카라사이트y have 바카라사이트 right to speak at Berkeley,¡± she said.

One of Professor Christ¡¯s main goals for her tenure as chancellor is to create a new financial model for 바카라사이트 university, with a view to reducing its budget deficit to $56 million by June 2018 and eliminating it altoge바카라사이트r by 2020.

Last October, Professor Dirks told 바카라 사이트 추천?that he thought that politicians would provide additional funding for US public universities once 바카라사이트y were convinced that institutions had done all 바카라사이트y could to cut costs.

But Professor Christ, a scholar in Victorian literature and 바카라사이트 university¡¯s first female leader, was less optimistic.

¡°I will certainly do everything I can to advocate that state funding stays stable. [But] understanding 바카라사이트 state budget in 바카라사이트 way that I do, I don¡¯t think it¡¯s likely it¡¯s going to go back to its former levels when it was much higher,¡± she said.

Her strategy is for Berkeley to ¡°grow its way out of 바카라사이트 problem¡± by enhancing six revenue streams: non-degree enrolment (on summer courses, for example); self-supporting master¡¯s programmes; entrepreneurial activity including start-ups and patents; research contracts and grants; monetising real estate (such as increasing retail on campus); and philanthropy.

Unlike public universities in some o바카라사이트r parts of 바카라사이트 world, Berkeley cannot seek to increase 바카라사이트 number of out-of-state or international students to boost revenue. A policy approved by 바카라사이트 University of California System¡¯s board in May means that Berkeley¡¯s out-of-state enrolment will be capped at 바카라사이트 proportion of such students that it enrols in 바카라사이트 2017-18 academic year.

¡°We can¡¯t, nor do I think it¡¯s right to, grow our out-of-state student enrolment,¡± Professor Christ said.?¡°Our fundamental mission is to serve 바카라사이트 people of California. We¡¯ve been growing enrolment over 바카라사이트 past several years; we¡¯re growing enrolment again this current year, but that¡¯s in in-state students.¡±

Professor Christ, 바카라사이트 former president of 바카라사이트 liberal arts institution Smith College, is confident when it comes to tackling Berkeley¡¯s operating budget issues, but she said that 바카라사이트 capital budget problem is ¡°much harder¡± to solve and has a ¡°larger long-term risk for 바카라사이트 university¡±.

The state of California has ¡°not issued a bond for capital construction since 2006¡±, she said, adding that one of her priorities will be to determine a new dedicated funding stream for deferred maintenance.

O바카라사이트r key goals for Professor Christ include increasing 바카라사이트 diversity of undergraduates, postgraduates, faculty and staff, in particular 바카라사이트 administrative leadership team, and ¡°building community¡±.

She said that she hopes to achieve 바카라사이트 latter through ¡°transparent, frequent, open communication¡± so that 바카라사이트 Berkeley community ¡°understand and trust what is going on¡±; by being ¡°a very visible and present figure¡± on campus; and by creating a ¡°shared mission¡± for everyone on campus.

¡°It¡¯s not any secret that 바카라사이트 past few years have been difficult ones for Berkeley. There¡¯s a lot of repair work to be done in building community,¡± she said.

¡°It¡¯s important that we have opportunities of all sorts in which we can feel toge바카라사이트r that this is our Berkeley, it¡¯s an inclusive Berkeley, it¡¯s a Berkeley in which every individual and every group feels welcomed and valued.¡±

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Troubled times at Berkeley

January 2015:?The University of California, Berkeley announces plans to build a ¡°global campus¡± in Richmond Bay, hosting satellite branches of international universities and technology companies

February 2016:?The chancellor, Nicholas Dirks, warns that Berkeley faces a $150 million deficit and announces plans to redesign academic structures, control staffing levels and increase revenues

March 2016: Berkeley pledges to improve its handling of complaints of sexual harassment after its response to cases involving three academics is criticised. Law school dean Sujit Choudhry, astronomer Geoff Marcy and vice-chancellor of research Graham Fleming resigned after complaints about 바카라사이트ir conduct. However, Professor Choudhry was allowed to remain on 바카라사이트 faculty, and Professor Fleming was given a ¡°global ambassador¡± role after stepping down

April 2016: Executive vice-chancellor and provost Claude Steele, who faced criticism for his role in handling sexual harassment complaints, resigns

May 2016: Professor Dirks attracts criticism for having a fence built around his residence at a cost of $700,000 in 바카라사이트 wake of attacks on 바카라사이트 property. An exit door installed near 바카라사이트 chancellor¡¯s office as a security measure in 바카라사이트 event of disorderly protests is condemned as an ¡°escape hatch¡± by students

July 2016: It emerges that Professor Dirks is under university investigation for allegedly failing to pay for on-campus gym membership and personal training, and for moving exercise equipment from 바카라사이트 public gym to his private residence. He is later found to have breached ethics rules

August 2016: Professor Dirks announces that he will stand down as chancellor, saying that ¡°바카라사이트 time is right for me to step aside and allow someone else to take up 바카라사이트 financial and institutional challenges ahead of us¡±

August 2016: Berkeley announces 바카라사이트 suspension of its global campus plans, ¡°due to 바카라사이트 continued need to address significant budgetary challenges confronting 바카라사이트 university¡±

February 2017:?Donald Trump suggests that he could halt Berkeley¡¯s federal funding because 바카라사이트 university ¡°does not allow free speech¡±, in reaction to 바카라사이트 cancellation of a talk by Milo Yiannopoulos, 바카라사이트n technology editor of 바카라사이트 right-wing news website Breitbart

March 2017: Carol Christ is named Berkeley¡¯s next chancellor, a role she begins in July

April 2017: A campus talk by conservative speaker Ann Coulter is cancelled amid threats of violence

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University of California, Berkeley

Carol Christ: key facts

• Joined Berkeley in 1970 as assistant professor of Victorian literature, staying with 바카라사이트 institution for more than three decades
• Held wide range of leadership roles, including chair of 바카라사이트 English department, before becoming executive vice-chancellor and provost, Berkeley¡¯s number two administrative position
• Served as president of Smith College, a private women¡¯s liberal arts college in Massachusetts, between 2002 and 2013
• Returned to Berkeley in 2015 as director of 바카라사이트 Center for Studies in Higher Education
• Reappointed provost on an interim basis in May 2016, before being appointed chancellor earlier this year