ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS PERTAINING TO SOR 100.4

At its meeting on May 26, 2009, the Representative Assembly of the San Diego Division on the Academic Senate considered, and adopted, the following resolutions:

Given the differences between the campuses in the areas of undergraduate and graduate education, research, and service to their local communities, the state and the nation, the faculty of the San Diego Division of the Academic Senate opposes systemwide solutions that do not recognize these differences and instead supports the development and implementation of budget policies to address shortfalls at the campus level in consultation with all Vice Chancellor areas, and traditional bodies of shared governance. (46 votes in favor; 1 vote opposed)
The faculty of the San Diego Division of the Academic Senate opposes adoption of the “draft” version of the proposed revisions to SOR 100.4 (transmitted 4/27/09) as being incompatible with shared governance, Regental oversight, and as failing to recognize differences between campuses. The extreme financial circumstances faced by the University have been anticipated for some time and do not require the granting of augmented power to the President of the University to develop and implement systemwide policies, even on a temporary basis as detailed. The President's authority, defined by existing policies and by historical precedents, is sufficient. (49 votes in favor; 3 votes opposed)
The faculty of the San Diego Division of the Academic Senate opposes any budget policies that would preclude the legitimate use of federal funds to cover cuts in state funding. We oppose such policies as incompatible with retention and enhancement of current (let alone future) levels of federal expenditures and with retention and enhancement of the benefits that accrue to the University and to the State of California from indirect cost recovery. (40 votes in favor; 1 opposed)

REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY Resolutions Pertaining to Standing Order of the Regents 100.4
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At its meeting on May 26, 2009, the Representative Assembly of the San Diego Division on the Academic Senate considered, and adopted, the following resolutions: Given the differences between the campuses in the areas of undergraduate and graduate education, research, and service to their local communities, the state and the nation, the faculty of the San Diego Division of the Academic Senate opposes systemwide solutions that do not recognize these differences and instead supports the development and implementation of budget policies to address shortfalls at the campus level in consultation with all Vice Chancellor areas, and traditional bodies of shared governance. (46 votes in favor; 1 vote opposed) The faculty of the San Diego Division of the Academic Senate opposes adoption of the “draft” version of the proposed revisions to SOR 100.4 (transmitted 4/27/09) as being incompatible with shared governance, Regental oversight, and as failing to recognize differences between campuses. The extreme financial circumstances faced by the University have been anticipated for some time and do not require the granting of augmented power to the President of the University to develop and implement systemwide policies, even on a temporary basis as detailed. The President's authority, defined by existing policies and by historical precedents, is sufficient. (49 votes in favor; 3 votes opposed) The faculty of the San Diego Division of the Academic Senate opposes any budget policies that would preclude the legitimate use of federal funds to cover cuts in state funding. We oppose such policies as incompatible with retention and enhancement of current (let alone future) levels of federal expenditures and with retention and enhancement of the benefits that accrue to the University and to the State of California from indirect cost recovery. (40 votes in favor; 1 opposed)