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head of campus diversity at Cal heading for big paycheck
Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
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UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau has just announced he's creating the new post of vice chancellor for equity and inclusion -- a job that not only has an impressive title, but an equally impressive salary of between $182,000 and $282,000 a year.
Plus an office budget in excess of $4 million.
The goal isn't so much to recruit more minorities but rather to ensure students, faculty and staff are "fully respected for their individuality and what they represent," Birgeneau said.
Birgeneau said the aim is "to prize our diversity and learn from it and to appreciate people for being part of the whole but also for what they as individuals bring to Berkeley."
The total $4.5 million budgeted for the new vice chancellor's office might just be the start because, according to spokeswoman Janet Gilmore, the university "hopes to increase substantially the funding available to further equity and inclusion initiatives through fundraising."
And while they hope to draw most of their workers from existing positions on campus, Gilmore said the new office "will require a few support staff for his or her office to assist with matters such as data analysis."
Just how many jobs the office will have, Gilmore said, hasn't been determined.
The creation of the new post comes at a time when the university system is already under fire over executive pay -- and for having so many high-level positions.
In this case, university officials were quick to note that they're not actually adding a new top-level post to the payroll. The opening became available when they merged two other vice chancellors positions into one.
At a press conference last week, Birgeneau said the idea for the new post all started a year ago after the university put together a task force to advise the administration on "how to focus and organize our diversity efforts." The result, he said, was "we decided we needed to create a new organizational structure which will look at issues of equity and inclusion holistically -- that is, not just students, not just staff and not just faculty, but all, all together."
According to Cal's own stats, underrepresented minorities (blacks, Hispanics and American Indians) make up 15.9 percent of the students who said they intend to enroll this fall -- compared with 19.8 percent throughout the UC system.
And, as of last spring, minorities made up 58 percent of UC Berkeley's support staff -- but only 6 percent of the top campus ranks. Judy Shattuck, president of Local 3 of the Coalition of University Employees, which represents about 2,000 clerical workers at UC Berkeley and the Office of the President, said she feared the new appointment was just "window dressing" intended to give the appearance of addressing discriminatory behavior at the campus.
"The administration often makes grand, overarching statements about its commitment to diversity, but we don't see the effects of that so much on the ground," Shattuck said.
But Sheldon Steinbach, vice president and general counsel of the American Council on Education, representing 1,800 colleges and universities, said such efforts have proved helpful elsewhere -- especially making new students feel comfortable.
Whatever the case, next week they start the obligatory national search.
Lucky chance: The little town of Colma got a big break from the state this week when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill that will allow the Lucky Chances Casino room to lift a state-imposed $200-a-hand betting limit on the club.
That's a big deal in graveyard capital Colma where the betting limits -- which were imposed last September after a long fight -- were costing the town upward of $1 million in lost revenues this year.
The city -- which gets no property taxes or fees from the cemeteries that make up most of its real estate -- didn't have many ways to make up for the loss.
And with any luck, now it won't need to.
"We are breathing a sigh of relief," said City Manager Diane McGrath, who has been trying to stave off layoffs for the city's 50-member staff.
Lucky Chances lawyer Mike Franchetti said that while the new rules don't go into effect until January, he hoped the state gaming commission would allow the bets to rise within the next 60 to 90 days.
head of campus diversity at Cal heading for big paycheck
Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Printable Version
Email This Article
Phillip Matier & Andrew Ross
Recent Columns
New head of campus diversity at Cal heading for big paycheck
08/30/2006
SACRAMENTO - Flood-protection bills first shelved, then revived ...
08/28/2006
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08/27/2006
UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau has just announced he's creating the new post of vice chancellor for equity and inclusion -- a job that not only has an impressive title, but an equally impressive salary of between $182,000 and $282,000 a year.
Plus an office budget in excess of $4 million.
The goal isn't so much to recruit more minorities but rather to ensure students, faculty and staff are "fully respected for their individuality and what they represent," Birgeneau said.
Birgeneau said the aim is "to prize our diversity and learn from it and to appreciate people for being part of the whole but also for what they as individuals bring to Berkeley."
The total $4.5 million budgeted for the new vice chancellor's office might just be the start because, according to spokeswoman Janet Gilmore, the university "hopes to increase substantially the funding available to further equity and inclusion initiatives through fundraising."
And while they hope to draw most of their workers from existing positions on campus, Gilmore said the new office "will require a few support staff for his or her office to assist with matters such as data analysis."
Just how many jobs the office will have, Gilmore said, hasn't been determined.
The creation of the new post comes at a time when the university system is already under fire over executive pay -- and for having so many high-level positions.
In this case, university officials were quick to note that they're not actually adding a new top-level post to the payroll. The opening became available when they merged two other vice chancellors positions into one.
At a press conference last week, Birgeneau said the idea for the new post all started a year ago after the university put together a task force to advise the administration on "how to focus and organize our diversity efforts." The result, he said, was "we decided we needed to create a new organizational structure which will look at issues of equity and inclusion holistically -- that is, not just students, not just staff and not just faculty, but all, all together."
According to Cal's own stats, underrepresented minorities (blacks, Hispanics and American Indians) make up 15.9 percent of the students who said they intend to enroll this fall -- compared with 19.8 percent throughout the UC system.
And, as of last spring, minorities made up 58 percent of UC Berkeley's support staff -- but only 6 percent of the top campus ranks. Judy Shattuck, president of Local 3 of the Coalition of University Employees, which represents about 2,000 clerical workers at UC Berkeley and the Office of the President, said she feared the new appointment was just "window dressing" intended to give the appearance of addressing discriminatory behavior at the campus.
"The administration often makes grand, overarching statements about its commitment to diversity, but we don't see the effects of that so much on the ground," Shattuck said.
But Sheldon Steinbach, vice president and general counsel of the American Council on Education, representing 1,800 colleges and universities, said such efforts have proved helpful elsewhere -- especially making new students feel comfortable.
Whatever the case, next week they start the obligatory national search.
Lucky chance: The little town of Colma got a big break from the state this week when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill that will allow the Lucky Chances Casino room to lift a state-imposed $200-a-hand betting limit on the club.
That's a big deal in graveyard capital Colma where the betting limits -- which were imposed last September after a long fight -- were costing the town upward of $1 million in lost revenues this year.
The city -- which gets no property taxes or fees from the cemeteries that make up most of its real estate -- didn't have many ways to make up for the loss.
And with any luck, now it won't need to.
"We are breathing a sigh of relief," said City Manager Diane McGrath, who has been trying to stave off layoffs for the city's 50-member staff.
Lucky Chances lawyer Mike Franchetti said that while the new rules don't go into effect until January, he hoped the state gaming commission would allow the bets to rise within the next 60 to 90 days.