Gov. Jerry Brown has not been shy in expressing opinions about higher education over the last year, weighing in on such issues as online classes, graduation rates and tuition. But Brown has been silent about one of his most important powers to affect the UC system: appointing regents to the university’s governing board. Since his January 2011 inauguration, Brown has not named any new UC regents even though there are now five vacant seats, including three that have been empty for at least a year and a half… Last fall, in an interview with The Times when there were three UC openings, Brown said he was not rushing to fill those and expressed some frustration about how resistant to change the university seemed to be. He said he was more aware, compared to his previous governorship, about how little an appointment can affect a sprawling institution like UC. “I also know these boards are not affected by one or two people, so there’s no rush,” he said a year ago. “I am more strategic now since I understand this better, and I’m patiently looking for openings. I know that I don’t just want change for the sake of change, because that’s superficial.”

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by Larry Gordon, The Los Angeles TImes.

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