The regents need to make a better effort to engage and communicate with students. The board suffers from accountability and transparency issues that stem from the appointment process itself and continue into regents’ terms. The regents are appointed by the governor of California to 12-year terms. However, before the governor appoints any regent, he or she is supposed to first consult an advisory committee as per the California State Constitution. But in our eyes, the regent selection process has historically felt as though the governor picks people at random to sit on the board… Gov. Jerry Brown recently convened a meeting of the advisory committee for the first time since 2001. It is essential that this advisory committee continues to meet before Brown appoints any more regents. Additionally, UC students deserve to have a bigger say in the regent appointment process.

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by Sarah Abdeshahian and Nuha Khalfay, The Daily Californian.

Posted: April 19th, 2018, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.