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Birgeneau's
first months as chancellor
High-profile hires (and re-hires) for athletics, a public commitment
to creating a more inclusive university, staff strikes, and
the inauguration
Setting
the stage for diversity
Why Birgeneau feels that Proposition 209, which ended affirmative
action in California, is a failed experiment.
Student
diversity
Given that Prop. 209 is state law, how can Berkeley create a
more welcoming environment for underrepresented minorities?
Faculty
diversity
"When you look at faculty diversity, Berkeley's record
is, let's say … mixed, on issues of race and ethnicity
and gender," says Edley. How can we improve it?
Issues
facing female faculty
Birgeneau discusses a study he did while at MIT that found that
female faculty became more dissatisfied with their careers the
more successful they were.
Faculty
recruitment and retention
Minority and female faculty are often hotly recruited by other
universities. How can Berkeley attract them without paying star-level
salaries and alienating existing faculty?
Staff
salaries
Given the restrictions imposed by University of California salary
formulas, how can the chancellor improve staff compensation?
State
funding
Private support is important, but Birgeneau emphasizes that
it's even more vital that the state government recognize its
responsibility to fund its educational institutions adequately.
Private-sector
strings
Hayes points out that in the absence of public funding, researchers
are looking to the private sector for support. But there are
concerns about what restrictions industry funding will impose.
UC
Berkeley's biggest challenge
Birgeneau explains why he thinks that the ability to access
California's entire talent pool is the most critical factor
in maintaining the university's record of excellence.
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