This Task Force was charged in February 2023, and comprised of members of the Academic Senate and individuals within the administration with responsibilities relating to graduate education and labor relations. The charge tasked members with recommending answers to a series of questions regarding financial support for graduate students and programs, academic training and employment, graduate program size and the relationship between graduate and undergraduate programs.
The Joint Task Force on the Academic Mission of UCLA Campus Expansion (JTF) was jointly appointed by Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost (EVC/P) Hunt and Academic Senate Chair Cattelino to consider optimal academic programmatic uses of the newly acquired UCLA campus expansion in Rancho Palos Verdes.
This report is the product of extensive campuswide consultation, and describes a bold, transformational and inclusive strategy for our campus. The DataX Initiative is poised to build a vibrant, interdisciplinary campus community at the intersection of data science and society. This work includes identifying collaborators and champions across campus, developing a communications apparatus to enable a robust online home for DataX, coordinating a rich salon series, and curating mechanisms to support data and data-adjacent efforts across UCLA.
In response to Academic Council’s recommendations, President Drake requested that Provost Brown form the Mitigating COVID-19 Impacts on Faculty Working Group. The group was charged with the review and prioritization of fifteen “immediate” and six “long-term” recommendations from the Academic Council, the assessment of actions already taken by campuses to mitigate COVID-19 impacts on faculty, and advising UCOP on data and metrics to help UC define the issues faced as a result of COVID-19.
ATLAS is examining ways in which we can better coordinate and manage the administration, organization, and resources for campus units that provide critical support and services to teaching, learning, training, pedagogy, learning management systems, classroom support, assessment, and evaluation, as well as in some instances engaging in research related to these areas.
The joint Senate-Administration Research Centers Task Force reviewed all UCLA research centers that receive any state support to identify opportunities for cost cutting. The Task Force offered five recommendations, which are outlined in the report.
