<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">Sent on behalf of Academic Senate Chair Ken Barish</font></i></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,</font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">I </span>am forwarding<span style="background-color:transparent"> systemwide </span><span style="background-color:transparent">Academic Senate Chair Susannah Scott's letter announcing the Academic Assembly’s approval of amendments to Academic Senate Bylaws 334 and 335. </span></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="background-color:transparent">The amendments clarify that eligible non-Senate academic appointees may bring grievances alleging violations of their academic freedom rights to Privilege and Tenure committees of the Senate divisions using the procedures in Senate Bylaw 335. The revisions align the Senate’s bylaws with Academic Personnel Manual (APM) - 010 and APM - 011, which extend academic freedom protections and assign the Academic Senate responsibility for adjudicating such claims. The amendments are limited to academic freedom grievances and do not establish a broader right for non-Senate academic appointees to pursue grievances through Academic Senate procedures. The attached letter has live links for your reference and information.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The Manual of the UC Academic Senate has been updated to reflect the amendments, and where necessary the UCR local manual also will be updated.<br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">Regards,</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">Ken Barish, Chair</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">Academic Senate</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif">_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _</font></span></div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(79,129,189)">Cherysa Cortez</span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></font></p>
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