background Responding to concerns raised at the Council of Chancellors in the winter 1994, the University of California began a series of efforts to address the issue of regulatory reform and disassociate the University from standards set for industry. Two Task groups -- Task Force on the Research Climate and Ad hoc Group on Regulatory Reform -- met from July 1995 to June 1996 before submitting reports to the Board of Regents later that year. At the same time, a faculty survey -- University Committee on Research Policy (UCORP) -- determined that the University of California research climate was "deteriorating," due in part to a perceived lack of commitment by University administrators, both at OP and on the campuses, to reduce regulatory and bureaucratic constraints on research environments. Senior Vice President Kennedy, responding to recommendations from both task force groups and working to address faculty service needs, consulted with the Chancellors before establishing the Advisory Group on Regulatory Reform (AGRR). mission Working through issues identified by earlier task force reports Setting reform priorities Balancing the different perspectives in the University community regarding this effort Maintaining executive interest in working toward reform The University's Advisory Group on Regulatory Reform (AGRR) was formed in 1997 and charged with working toward objectives previously articulated by the Council of Chancellors: (1) to separate research universities from industry in cases where statutes or regulations were designed with industrial compliance in mind; and (2) to reduce overlapping, duplicated, and confusing actions of different regulatory agencies. The Advisory Group meets at the Office of the President twice a year to set reform priorities, balance University perspectives, and help maintain executive interest in this issue. Each year, the AGRR surveys the Chancellors and the campus contact persons soliciting their help in identifying needed reform. They are also asked to identify the underlying law or regulation needing modification, to describe the effect of the regulatory reform on the University, and to prioritize the items they submit. In addition to the newly identified list of suggested reforms, the Advisory Group also reviews items under study that have not yet been resolved.
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