1. Long-Range Enrollment Planning: Discussion of the Enrollment Planning
Background Paper for the May Board of Regents Meeting.
Assistant Vice President Smith reported that, as the APC advised in April, the Regents' item will put enrollment
planning in the larger context of planning for the University's future and will recognize explicitly the uncertainty
of projections and the need for ongoing review.
APC members, after considerable discussion, recommended separating the presentation of planning principles from
the analysis of enrollment, making it clear that, though the principles emerged in the course of discussions about
enrollment, they have much broader application. They also asked for an executive summary at the beginning of the
enrollment document, and some members suggested greater emphasis in the list of future tasks on aggressive outreach
and work with K-12.
The draft on which the Regents' background paper was based is being well received by most campus administrations
and Senate committees, and has been discussed with the staffs of the California Postsecondary Education Commission,
the State Department of Finance, and other groups in Sacramento. Provost Massey and AVP Smith also conferred on
the draft with President Emeritus Clark Kerr who, in addition to supporting the planning direction described in
the draft, made some very useful suggestions for further analysis.
2. Briefing by Council of UC Staff Assemblies
Chair Cheryl F. Hagen and Vice Chair Fawzi Hermes of the Council of UC Staff Assemblies briefed the APC on its
analysis of issues that their Council considers important. Budget cuts, faculty and staff reductions, and fee increases
raise questions about the University's mission, accessibility, and affordability. The fundamental premises -- free
or low-cost education -- on which the University was established are being challenged with the decline in State
and Federal priorities and support. This evolution calls for the exploration of alternatives that will be responsive
to the needs of the State and its citizens. Educational leadership via shared governance must take a visionary
role, not simply react to or manage responses to the changes.
Chair Hagen also expressed the Council's concerns about the University's proposed Human Resource Management Initiatives
which would transform its staff culture by increasing decentralization and increasing reliance on transient staff.
Vice Chair Hermes reported on the adverse impact of the budget cuts that have resulted in substantial growth in
undergraduate class size, and increases in student/TA ratios.
3. Report of the Advisory Committee on Agricultural Experiment Station Realignment
Vice President Farrell reported that he is near agreement with the Chancellors of the Berkeley, Davis, and the
Riverside campuses on Ticho Committee recommendations to reallocate some Agricultural Experiment Station resources
from Berkeley to Davis and Riverside. This includes transferring organized research funds equivalent to 10.4 vacant
FTE and offering the choice of transfer to 18 faculty in core agricultural disciplines. The long-range disposition
of the currently filled 18 FTE slots will be based on DANR's strategic plan to be completed in 1996. The draft
strategic plan will be sent to the campuses for review and comment prior to implementation.
Continuing Activities
A. Intercampus Programs and Instructional Technology
The Intercampus Academic Program Incentive Fund Advisory Review Committee has just recommended allocations ranging
from under $1,000 to $16,000 for 20 projects ranging from seminars to joint degree programs. A third round of allocations
will be made in October 1995.
Vice Provost King briefed the APC on progress of the new Committee on Informational Networking and Instructional
Technology for Academic Purposes (CINITAP); and circulated the Committee's first project, a draft vision statement.
The Committee advises UC on activities such as distance learning, academic networking, and the digital library
initiative. APC members urged the creation of a monthly bulletin on e-mail showcasing UC's innovative applications
of instructional technology and distance learning. In addition, an All-University Conference on distance learning
and educational technology will be scheduled.
Based on an e-mail survey currently in progress, AVP Smith and Coordinator Julie Gordon are preparing an overview
of good examples of faculty uses of educational technology and distance learning. Responses to date indicate that
a number of faculty are using e-mail for management of their classes including:
o class lists, course assignments, and syllabi; and
o on-going communication with their students.
In addition, medical school faculties make use of a variety of instructional technology tools; and
World Wide Web on the Internet is also becoming a popular tool.
The Regents will also be briefed on this topic next fall.
B. Senate/COC/APC Joint Policy Meeting-- October 20-22, 1994: Follow-up Activities Through April 1995
Provost Massey expanded on accomplishments to date flowing from the ten action recommendations and assignments
of responsibility issued by the Retreat participants. In particular, he called attention to the Council of Vice
Chancellors' work on ways to enhance intercampus cooperation, to explore regional degrees in some fields, to bring
together weak and strong programs, and to share program resources that are unique. The Report to the APC on follow-up
activities will be sent to the Academic Council and the Council of Chancellors.
C. Campus Visits
Provost Massey reported that The Regents and senior administrators are visiting some of the University's sister
institutions to learn about their experiences in facing the current challenges. Most recently four Regents and
a group of UC administrators met with senior administrators and Board members of the University of Michigan to
discuss governance, "privatization" as it relates to student fees, and Medical Center issues. The UC
group has also visited Stanford University and the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and visits with several UC campuses
are planned.
D. June APC Presentation by Library Council
Provost King previewed for the APC the presentation scheduled for June on the Digital Library Initiative, a planning
project organized by the UC Library Council. Oversight for the project will be provided jointly by the Council
and CINITAP. An Executive Working Group has been appointed to manage the project under the general direction of
the two oversight groups. The Working Group consists of a University Librarian (Chair), three faculty, a campus
librarian, a campus technology official, and the Director of Library Automation.
E. Update on Affirmative Action
Faculty Assistant to the Provost Elliot Brownlee reported that the Academic Council, assisted by the Office of
the President, will present a one-day faculty forum on affirmative action on May 24. The forum will be held at
the Los Angeles campus. Scholars from UC campuses and other institutions will discuss various aspects of affirmative
action policies: their historical setting, economic effects, constitutional setting, social and political setting,
and effects on higher education. At the conclusion of the forum, a panel will discuss possible alternatives to
affirmative action.
Provost Massey noted that there would be a presentation on affirmative action at the May Regents' meeting that
will address implications of the removal of consideration of race and ethnicity from admission processes.
The APC questioned how the University could serve the State without taking into consideration the demographics
and racial composition of the State in which minority groups in the population are evolving into the majority.