Administrative Exodus

Over half of the chancellor’s cabinet have announced their resignations in the past 19 months, including all but one of the campus’s vice chancellors and vice provosts, casting doubt on UC Berkeley’s reputation and ability to govern itself effectively. The departure of 14 cabinet-level officials — the highest-ranking administrators at UC Berkeley — in such a short time frame is unusual, several campus administrators noted… “Even though there has been a great deal of turnover recently, we have a ‘deep bench’ of administrative talent across our various operating units,” Dirks said in an email to the Daily Cal. “We are using this year to position the campus, and my successor, in the best possible way to move forward.”

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by Adam Iscoe, The Daily Californian.

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