Embroiled in a UC investigation into allegations of misused funds, multiple sexual misconduct incidents at UC Berkeley and a $150 million annual structural deficit, Dirks announced his resignation Tuesday via email. The resignation comes as a petition — currently signed by 47 UC Berkeley faculty — circulates, calling on the campus’s division of the Academic Senate to consider a vote of no confidence in Dirks, according to campus sociology professor Michael Burawoy. “There has been a lot of pressure from the campus community, but particularly faculty, that he stand down based on poor judgments over the last year,” Burawoy said, referencing projects such as the nearly $700,000 fence built around Dirks’ campus residence and a more than $200,000 strategy to improve his image globally.

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by Andrea Platten, The Daily Californian.

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