UC Commission on the Future working group representatives will visit the Davis campus from 1 to 4 p.m. on Nov. 30 in AGR Hall of the Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center to hear from UC Davis community members.

No regents will be in attendance.

The commission was created by UC Board of Regents Chair Russell Gould to address how UC can best serve the state in the years ahead and maintain access, quality and affordability in a time of diminishing resources.

The commission and its five working groups will meet through March to consider, among other issues:

• What is the right size and shape of the university going forward? Where should it grow, or should it?
• What educational delivery models will both maintain quality and improve efficiency for UC’s future?
• How can UC maximize traditional and alternative revenue streams in support of its mission?

Selected working group co-chairs and members are visiting all of the UC campuses to ensure that they are focusing on the right questions and getting relevant feedback from the UC community.

At the Nov. 30 UC Davis meeting, Chancellor Linda Katehi will offer brief welcoming remarks at 1 p.m., followed by a description of the commission and its working groups by working group representatives. They are expected to include:

• Keith Williams, UC Davis senior lecturer in neurobiology, physiology, and behavior. He is the co-chair of the Education and Curriculum Working Group.

• Mary Croughan, Academic Council immediate past chair and Henry Yang, UC Santa Barbara chancellor. They are co-chairs of the Research Strategies Working Group

• Nathan Brostrom, interim UC executive vice president for business operations. He is an ex-officio member of the Access and Affordability Working Group.

• Peter Taylor, UC Chief Financial Officer and Exec. Vice President. He is an
ex-officio member of the Funding Strategies Working Group

• Daniel Simmons, commission member, Academic Senate vice chair and UC Davis professor of law.

• Marsha Kelman, UC associate vice president for policy and analysis, and staff to the commission.

Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Enrique Lavernia will facilitate the dialogue that will follow with the Academic Senate, 1:30-1:55 p.m.; Academic Federation, 1:55-2:20 p.m.; Staff Assembly, 2:20-2:45 p.m.; undergraduate, graduate/professional student representatives, 2:45-3:10 p.m.; and public comment, 3:10-3:45 p.m.

The meeting will conclude with closing remarks from working group representatives. It will be webcast, accessible from the UC Davis homepage (www.ucdavis.edu).

The commission also welcomes feedback at ucfuture.universityofcalifornia.edu/feedback.html.

The commission’s report is expected to be completed in time for presentation at the March 23-25 regents’ meeting at UCSF Mission Bay.

More information

UC Commission on the Future — ucfuture.universityofcalifornia.edu (click on “calendar” for the commission’s projected timetable.)