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Memorials to the UC Regents: Expanding Faculty Senate Membership

Overview

The UCSF Academic Senate overwhelmingly approved proposed two Memorials to the UC Regents to expand voting rights to faculty in the Health Sciences (HS) Clinical and Adjunct series to the systemwide Academic Senate.

Voting Results by Memorial

69% of Senate faculty voted to approve the Memorial to expand Senate membership to Adjunct Faculty, appointed at 50% or more time.
80% of Senate faculty voted to approve the Memorial to expand Senate membership to HS Clinical Faculty, appointed at 50% or more time.

Download UCSF Voting Results

The UCSF Senate has transmitted these Memorials to the other UC campuses for consideration. If at least two more campuses that, together with UCSF, represent 35% of the UC Senate faculty, approve the Memorials, they will be voted on by all Senate faculty systemwide for potential transmission to the Regents.

The respective Memorial packets can be accessed via the following links:

The UCSF Senate invites faculty from all UC campuses to use this page for more information, including arguments for and against expanding voting rights, and the Memorials process.

How It Works

UCSF faculty voted in favor of issuing two separate Memorials to the Regents that will amend the University of California Board of Regents Standing Order 105.1.a to include both of the following series in Academic Senate:

1. Health Sciences (HS) Clinical Faculty appointed at more than 50% time. Read the full Memorial to the Regents, including arguments for and against this proposed change.
2. Adjunct Faculty appointed at more than 50% time. Read the full Memorial to the Regents, including arguments for and against this proposed change.

UCSF Academic Senate Chair Steve Hetts, MD
Chair, UCSF Division of the Academic Senate
Professor In Residence of Radiology, Biomedical Imaging, and Neurological Surgery

" As a faculty member at UCSF, I've seen the profound impact that shared governance can have on our academic community. Since 2013 on our campus, faculty from all series (Ladder Rank, In Residence, Clinical X, Health Sciences Clinical, and Adjunct) have been able to vote on matters at the departmental, school, and campus levels. Unfortunately, Health Sciences Clinical and Adjunct faculty — important and rapidly growing groups — currently lack systemwide representation. Excluding them from Academic Senate not only denies them a voice in critical decisions but also hinders our collective ability to address the complex challenges we face. I hope you’ll join me in voting to ensure that all faculty, regardless of series, have the opportunity to participate in shared governance. Your vote is your voice”

Read my full Message from the Chair, in the first of two Special Voting Rights Editions of the Senate Check Up newsletter of the UCSF Academic Senate.