Christ became chancellor in 2017 and pledged to wrestle down the debt mainly by raising revenue, not cutting programs, a strategy that seems to have worked… Intercollegiate athletics still bleeds money, as it has for years. Football and other sports lost more than $19 million last year alone. But for the first time, campus officials say they’ll balance that budget… Not everyone is applauding. Leaders of the Berkeley Faculty Association, a watchdog group, say Christ is steering the public university too heavily toward private funding. “We applaud Chancellor Christ’s dedication and thoughtful leadership, but wish that she were a stronger advocate for restoring public funding,” co-chairs Wendy Brown, a political science professor, and Celeste Langan, an associate professor of English, said in a statement. “Public divestment from education has been bad for democracy, society, economy and the individual. On this issue, the chancellor seems out of step.”

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by Nanette Asimov, The San Francisco Chronicle.

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