UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

BERKELEY DAVIS IRVINE LOS ANGELES MERCED RIVERSIDE SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO

SANTA BARBARA SANTA CRUZ

1111 Franklin Street

Oakland, California 94607-5200
Phone: (5 10) 987-9074
Fax: (510) 987-9086
http://www.ucop.edu

April 13, 2010

CHANCELLOR FOX
Dear Marye Anne:
Thank you for the March 22d document describing the several actions you will take
to address issues of climate, culture, and inclusion at UCSD. I commend you, your
colleagues, and the many members of your community who have helped shape these
ideas. As Dean Edley remarked to The Regents, the leadership qualities on display
at San Diego, starting with your own, should give all thoughtful observers cause for
both appreciation and optimism.
I accept and endorse the plan you have presented. It is a promising strategy for
addressing these critical problems - problems that cause pain and create obstacles
for many, while engendering enormous frustration for all of us who care about the
University's mission.
I understand you have begun follow-up conversations regarding implementation
plans to address the issues identified in meetings with students and faculty. These
discussions likely will result in additions and modifications as implementation
progresses and as experience guides your actions. Let me mention a few thoughts
that occur to me even now:

First, as you move forward to consider creating an ORU, please build on the
experiences at other campuses and make specific efforts to make common
cause with them where appropriate.
Second, as you continue to fund investments in student services and other
areas, I hope you will develop a strategy to evaluate their effectiveness. We
must do our best to ensure that the investments we make are the right ones.
Finally, as we have discussed, I will be calling upon each Chancellor to create
a campus-level Advisory Council on Climate, Culture, and Inclusion similar

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April 13, 2010
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to the one you have proposed; I will also create a systemwide Council to
advise me . I may at some point ask you to expand the charter of your
proposed Council to align with this broader effort and promote multi-campus
collaboration.
All of us want to make progress, and these issues deserve a dose of impatience. I
urge you to move immediately beyond planning to implementation and execution.
Please report UCSD's progress to me on a quarterly basis over the next year. Make
reference to the specifics in your strategy as you deem appropriate.
Again, I congratulate you for moving forward so effectively. I am relieving Chris
Edley of his duties in this connection-he will now play a supporting role for
members of the Board of Regents interested in the broad range of diversity issues
facing the University. That said, all of us in the Office of the President stand ready
to help you and UCSD if and when needed.
With best wishes, I am,
Sincerely yours,

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President
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Provost Pitts
Senior Vice President Dooley
Dean Edley
Secretary and Chief of Staff Griffiths

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MAR' U. Yl IDOF
University ol"California
Office of the President
1111 Franklin .'trccL 12 111 Floor
Oakland. CA 9260 7-:200
f'\i.)'-[) 'ar Pn:~t Yudor:
On behalf of my leadership team, I am pleased to ltlnvard to you he enc.loscd document that
prov idl's in tentati ve form - the initiatives and draft action plans to date that UC, 'an Diego
proposes to advance our campus toward the common goals the faculty, students and
administrttion have idcntili 'dover the pa t kw weeks. Our listing is not linaL but it no\v serves
as th, founda ion from which wc will continue cnmpus discussions regarding implementation
and a counlabilit.. t\s the students discus ed with Chri ' Edley, we will no\v move to implement
the in itiatives that can proc ed and will meet to discuss those which require funhcr conversation
in snnllcr topic-spcci lie groups.
These action plans represent productive conversations among all our campus stakeholders
toward our common goals.
I am eag r to pro vide an upda1e or our progress later this week to the UC Regents. rollowint?:
these most painful in idents HI UC San Diego, I am confidenl that w' have reached on en u: on
major initiatives going fo rward. l would be pleased to provide any additional information.
Sincerely,

Marye /\nne Fox

Chancellor

Enclosure
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Dean or 13oall Law School

Senior Vice Chancellor
Vice Chancellors
Campus Counsel

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UC San Diego Administrative Commitments to Improve Campus Climate

Revised-March 22, 2010

The University of California, San Diego is deeply committed to making positive changes to improve the campus
climate and broaden the richness and diversity of our community and curriculum. We stand in firm solidarity with
our students faculty and staff who share our goals of continuously improving the university in ways that will benefit
the entire campus and enhance our learning and working environment.
We have long recognized the need to improve the diversity of our campus, and the events that took place in late
February have reinforced this need. Numerous outreach efforts and diversity initiatives currently exist; however, it is
clear that we need to do more. To this end, we reaffirm our steadfast commitment to improving the overall campus
climate for everyone, especially those students have been most affected by recent events. These changes will begin
with the commitments outlined in this document, but will not end here. We will continue to involve the campus and
larger community in expanded efforts to make UC San Diego a better place and to enrich our education, research
and quality oflife.
We must continue to work together - students, staff, faculty, and community members - to achieve our shared
commitment to an open, welcoming, and supportive campus for all people from all backgrounds and walks of life.
Administrative Commitments
I.

The Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs agrees to match Student Promoted Access Center for Education
and Services (SPACES} funds that come from student fees. This commitment will not decrease if
student enrollment is capped for budgetary considerations. ln accordance with State and University
accounting rules, these matching funds will be subject to typical accountability requirements for
matching funds. An MOU will be drafted to delineate these requirements; sim.ilar to MOU's used for
comparable matching funds on other UC campuses. The funding will be available beginning Fall
Quarter 20 I 0 and will be guaranteed for a mi11imum of three years.
Assigned to: A VC Gary Ratcliff
Due: April 15 (for draft MOU)

2.

A critical challenge for the campus is to remove barriers to access to higher education for historically
underrepresented minorities. The Director of Admissions, Assistant Vice Chancellor Mae Brown will
make herself available to meet with interested students and faculty to review and evaluate the
Comprehensive and Holistic Review approaches for evaluating applicants, if the students or faculty
would like to meet. Ultimately, admissions criteria are established by the Academic Senate with
approval of the UC Regents. The Director of Admissions will be directed to work with interested
students and the Academic Senate to identify and promote the most effective admissions system
possible, including changes to the current Comprehensive Review weighting for first-generation
college students and students graduating from fourth and fifth quintile schools. Should the campus
move to holistic review, SAAC students will be consulted to ensure that holistic review does not
become a barrier to the enrollment of URM resident students.
Assigned to: A VC Mae Brown
Due: Spring Quarter 2010
We are informed that on March 3, the Academic Senate Committee on Admissions agreed to expand
student representation on the Committee of Admissions to include a student from the SAAC
community.
Assigned to: Academic Senate
Due: Completed March 3

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3.

The Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs will provide funding to BSU 's Student Initiated Yield Programs.
This funding will begin this year and be guaranteed for three years, subject to normal University and
state accounting and accountability requirements. The funding for this program will not come from
SPACES. A program will be developed to support other student groups that wish to engage in
comparable yield activities.
Assigned to: Special Assistant to VCSA Cynthia Davalos
Due: April 1 for yield activity funding; end of Spring Quarter for Draft Program
The Vice Chancellor for External and Business Affairs will charge a development officer with the
responsibility to work with the SAAC community to find and sustain private support for student-led
yield activities.
Assigned to: VC Relyea
Due: March 12

4.

The Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs will ensure continued supplemental funding for OASIS for the
20 I0-11 academic year and maintain its current operating budget. The Vice Chancellor will also
expand funding for the Summer Bridge program to support 15 additional students ( 135 total for this
year). The Vice Chancellor will work with OASIS to identify and provide additional student tutoring
resources as needed.
Assigned to: VC Rue
Due: July I (beginning of fiscal yea r)
The Vice Chancellor for External and Business Affairs wi!J charge a development officer with the
responsibility to work with the SAAC community to find and sustain private support to expand the
Summer Bridge program, with a goal of allowing at least 150 students to participate in the program
annually.
Assigned to: VC Relyea
Due: March 12

5.

The Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs will fund the
African American Studies Minor (AASM) staff position and the Chicano/a Latino/a Arts &
Humanities (CLAH) Minor staff position (salary and benefits). Permanent funds will be used for these
positions, and they will remain in place for a minimum of three years. The CLAH position is currently
filled, and the AASM position has been posted to the UC San Diego job bulletin. The search
committee will include student representatives from the AASM and the SAAC community.
Assigned to: AVC Barbara Sawrey
Due: AASM staff to be hired in Spring Quarter 2010
The Vice Chancellor for External and Business Affairs will charge a development officer with the
responsibility to work with the SAAC community to seek private support to support the African
American Studies Minor and Chicano/a Latino/a Arts & Humanities Minor.
Assigned to: VC Relyea
Due: March 12

6.

We agree that an ORU or Center focused on issues related to African American, Chicano, and Native
American-indigenous communities and possibly other minority groups would be a valuable addition to
the campus. The Vice Chancellor for Research will work with interested faculty members to determine
the feasibility of creating an ORU that meets Academic Senate requirements and to help begin the
process. As an alternative, the Vice Chancellor will help interested faculty members consider the
establishment of a similarly-themed Center, which has fewer and easier-to-meet requirements.
Assigned to: VC Ellis
Due: Spring Quarter 2010 to begin discussions and continuing thereafter

7.

We agree that SAAC membership on the Task Force to Promote the Recruitment, Support and Retention of
Underrepresented Faculty would be extremely valuable. Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Equity

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Jeanne Ferrante will meet with leaders of the SAAC community to identify appropriate members for
the Task Force.
Assigned to: AVC Jeanne Ferrante
Due: Spring Quarter 2010

8.

On March l, the College Provosts endorsed the idea of further promoting the understanding of the
importance of diversity through curricular requirements and have agreed to take a recommendation for
a campus-wide requirement to their respective faculty for approval in accordance with Academic
Senate regulations. On March 2, the Academic Senate agreed that the Committee on Educational
Policy would provide expedited review of requests from the Colleges for these proposed curricular
changes. Provosts will consult with SAAC students regarding the content of the proposed campus-wide
requirement, which may be fulfilled by existing courses that meet criteria to be established by the
faculty. In addition, the Provosts have committed to boost their efforts to stress the value and
importance of diversity during orientation.
Assigned to: College Provosts and Academic Senate Committee on Educational Policy
Due: Spring Quarter 2010

9.

If the budgetary situation frees up enough scarce dollars by the end of spring quarter, 20 I0, Academic
Affairs hopes to thaw out 20 to 30 of the 125 frozen faculty FTEs for searches in 20 I 0-11. As soon as
that occurs, we will reactivate the 6 unfilled faculty FTEs that were dedicated to 16 positions for
African Diaspora, indigenous Studies, or California Cultures prior to the hiring freeze. Future faculty
positions are expected to be very few for several years, but the Senior Vice Chancellor will also
allocate 3 new faculty FTEs over the next three years for hires that will advance diversity, for a total of
9 new faculty positions. Beyond these targeted FTEs, all future faculty searches will involve diversity
considerations and enhanced practices to advance diversity recently established by Academic Affairs
and overseen by the A VC for Faculty Equity. There will be intensified scrutiny of all searches to make
sure they exert every effort to reach out to a diverse pool of candidates.
Assigned to: Senior Vice Chancellor Drake
Due: As funding becomes available

l 0. We agree that it is essential that we remove any barriers to access to the campus for underrepresented
students among the campus's student, faculty and staff population. It is our hope that the commitments
we are making in this document, as well as our other on-going diversity-related efforts, will help to
achieve that goal. For example, with respect to graduate students, the Dean of Graduate Studies
pledges to work with the SAAC community, the GSA, and the recently formed Graduate Students of
Color Association to further diversify the graduate student applicant pool and to induct more members
into the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society (The Bouchet Society was originally established by Yale and
Howard Universities to recognize graduate students, post-doctoral scholars and faculty of color. UCSD
was recently invited as one of a small number of additional universities, and the only school on the
West Coast, to start its own Bouchet chapter). Efforts are also underway to acquire additional
extramural funding to support these and other critical diversity efforts. In addition, the Senior Vice
Chancellor and the Dean of Graduate Studies will meet with interested faculty to discuss the possibility
of creating a number of additional graduate fellowships/stipends . Development will be tasked with
raising money for additional graduate student support.
Assigned to: All; SVCAA and Dean of Graduate Studies to meet in Spring Quarter 2010 re:
graduate fellowships/stipends
Due: On-going
11. We agree that the Office of the Chief Diversity Officer plays a critical role in promoting diversity on the
campus. ln addition to Chief Diversity Officer Sandra Daley, the office is staffed with another I00
percent full-time diversity officer. Their efforts are supported by an additional 50 percent-time
diversity officer dedicated to issues of faculty equity and minority faculty recruitment and retention,
for a total of2.0 FTE. ln addition to these centralized resources, the campus has faculty equity advisors
in each of the academic divisions and for the Organized Research Units, as well as Campus Diversity
Officers in the Community Centers. We agree that additional resources for these diversity efforts may

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be warranted. This will be a topic that will be considered as part of the Campus Climate Commission
that we a.re establishing.
Assigned to: Campus Climate Commission
Due: See #19 below

12. We agree that students should be required to adhere to the Principles of Community to the maximum extent
permitted by the First Amendment. A committee composed of students and administrators is currently
in the process of re-writing the Student Conduct Code. Members of the SAAC community will be
invited to participate on this committee.
Assigned to: Anthony Valladolid, Andrew Ceperley and Cara Appel-Silbaugh
Due: Spring Quarter 2010
In addition, we agree to further promote the importance of adherence to the Principles of Community
on campus. One suggestion for doing so that we discussed was to ask all students, faculty, and staff to
sign a document acknowledging that they have read and understood the Principles. Before committing
to take this step, the Administration must consult with the Academic Personnel Office, the Academic
Senate, Human Resources, and the Office of General Counsel to determine whether there exist
obstacles based on academic freedom, union contracts, the Higher Education Employer-Employee
Relations Act, or the First Amendment, and what solutions to those obstacles might be feasible.
Assigned to: A VC Jeanne Ferrante, working with Academic Personnel Office, the Academic
Senate, Human Resources, and the Office of General Counsel
Due: Fall Quarter 2010
Another idea was to include the Principles of Community in the admissions process. We agree that this
is a good idea. The Director of Admissions will work with students, faculty, the Academic Senate, and
the Office of the President to refine and implement this concept.
Assigned to: A VC Brown
Due: Fall Quarter 2010
Finally, the College Deans will take steps to further promote the Principles of Community during
orientation. During orientation, all students will be asked to sign a statement acknowledging that they
have read and understood the Principles of Community.
Assigned to: College Deans (Chair of Council of Provosts Adler to monitor)
Due: Fall 2010 Orientation

13. We agree to make the Chicano Legacy mural permanent. The Senior Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs

and the Vice Chancellor for Resource, Management, and Planning have already taken action to extend
the exhibition of the mural to June 2012 to allow time for the nect;ssary actions, including securing
maintenance funds, to make the mural permanent.
Assigned to: VC Matthews
Due: June 2012

14. We agree to work with SAAC organizations to identify appropriate places on campus for the display of
indoor and/or outdoor, permanent and/or rotating art representative of underrepresented minority
communities. Vice Chancellor Gary Matthews will be responsible for leading this effort. A
development officer will be charged to work with the SAAC community to find and sustain sources of
private funding to support indoor and/or outdoor, permanent and/or rotating art on campus.
Assigned to: VC Matthews, in collaboration with SVCAA Dral<e and A VC Ratcliff, and VC
Relyea for development
Due: To begin in Spring Quarter 2010, then on-going
15. We agree that student representation from the SAAC community on the Stuart Collection Advisory
Committee would be a good thing. Accordingly, we agree to discuss with the Stuart Foundation
including students on the Advisory Committee, as well as increase efforts to include U.S. minority
artists in the Collection.

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Assigned to: SVCAA Drake
Due: April 15
16. Vice Chancellor Relyea will attempt to identify suitable naming opportunities that would not adversely
impact future development opportunities. Associate Chancellor Clare Kristofco is also available to
meet with interested students to review the naming processes required by University policy.
Assigned to: VC Relyea and Associate Chancellor Kristofco
Due: On-going
We understand that the naming of Sixth College is of particular interest to the students. By tradition,
the process for naming a college begins with the students on the College Council. Alteration of this
tradition would require a campus-wide discussion that would need to include, among others, the
Academic Senate, the Associated Students, SAAC, and the faculty and students of Sixth College. The
Provost of Sixth College will be urged to consider the proposal to replace the traditional naming
process with a campus-wide vote. If students wish to propose names for Sixth College, they may
transmit the names to the Sixth College Council for its consideration. The Chancellor will recommend
that the Provost consider naming Sixth College for an individual from an Underrepresented Minority
community.
Assigned to: Provost of Sixth College
Due: Spring Quarter 2010
17. Vice Chancellor for Resource, Management, and Planning Matthews will meet with SAAC students to
work out the details for African American, Native American, and Chicano Resource Centers and assess
the patterns of use for these resources.
Assigned to: VC Matthews
Due: Spring Quarter 2010
18. The University is committed to treating the human remains in its possession with dignity and respect. It
will continue to engage the Kumeyaay Cultural Repatriation Committee, the U.S. Department of
Interior, UC San Diego faculty, and outside experts to seek a resolution to the question of disposition
of these remains. Vice Chancellor Matthews is available to meet with students to discuss the legal
issues involved with the disposition of the remains.
Assigned to: VC Matthews
Due: Spring Quarter 2010
19. The Chancellor will establish a new Campus Climate Commission. The SAAC community will have a
central role in drafting the Commission's charge and will be consulted about the membership of the
committee. The Commission will examine the campus climate and the University's diversity-related
efforts to create action plans to be implemented by the campus. An accountability system will be
discussed and developed in consultation with the SAAC community, and others, including faculty. The
Commission will deliver a report to the Chancellor in the Spring Quarter 2011 . The Commission will
review previous campus reports on climate and diversity. The Commission ' s report will be made
public.
Assigned to: Chancellor
Due: Report due Spring Quarter 2011
The administrative commitments specified in this document are only part of the University' s on-going efforts to
promote diversity and ensure a supportive and welcoming environment for all. We deeply appreciate the
engagement of student Leaders and their willingness to collaborate in efforts to make UC San Diego the best college
campus it can be. We will continue to work with students, faculty, and staff on these complex, and vital issues. We
commit ourselves to keeping the campus appraised of additional leadership efforts in this area.