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Letter to the UC Community from Systemwide Academic Calendar Workgroup Co-Chairs
January 31, 2025

January 30, 2025

Academic Senate Division Chairs
Academic Council
Divisional Senate Executive Directors

RE: Academic Planning Council’s Systemwide Academic Calendar Workgroup

Dear Colleagues,

In October 2024, we were appointed to co-chair a joint Academic Senate-Administration workgroup of the Academic Planning Council (APC) that would examine the possibilities of a common academic calendar for the University of California. Our charge is to collect information on how different calendars and calendar features can advance our mission, and in particular, support UC students’ experiences and success. We are also identifying the opportunities and challenges associated with any conversion to a common calendar, including estimated costs and resources required for any change.

This is a fact-finding exercise, not one where the workgroup is recommending one calendar over another.

We are in the process of summarizing our work to date, with plans to send a report out for broader Senate and administrative review by the end of February or early March 2025. If you want to learn more about this effort or provide initial feedback, please visit the APC Workgroup website at ucop.edu/apc-calendar.

Sincerely,

Richard Arum                                                                                 
Co-Chair, APC Calendar Workgroup        
Professor of Sociology and Education, UC Irvine                             

Ahmet Palazoglu
Co-Chair, APC Calendar Workgroup
Vice Chair, UC Academic Senate
Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, UC Davis