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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Sent on behalf of Academic Senate Chair Ken Barish<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">UCR Senate Review of the Academic Planning Council’s (APC) Systemwide Academic Calendar Workgroup Draft Report<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Thank you for your thoughtful Senate engagement around the
<a href="https://ucr-senate-public.s3.amazonaws.com/issues/sys-apcdraftrpt-academic-calendar-67c1ead2c646f-.pdf">
<i>APC Systemwide Academic Calendar Workgroup Draft Report</i></a> and matters therein via the April 8, 2025 virtual town hall, which was attended by 200 participants, and the survey that closed on May 9, 2025. I also encourage those who have not already done
so to provide individual feedback to the <a href="https://www.ucop.edu/institutional-research-academic-planning/content-analysis/academic-planning/academic-planning-council-workgroup-on-systemwide-academic-calendar.html">
Workgroup</a> through this <a href="https://ucop.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8uWVsq5lPiRIk0S">
link</a> and via <a href="mailto:calendar@ucop.edu">calendar@ucop.edu</a> by May 30, 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">As you may know, divisional committees had from February 27, 2025 through May 2, 2025 to deliberate on and respond to the draft report after which the Senate Executive Council
discussed the report, survey results, and committee comments. As with all systemwide review items, the feedback from UCR will be transmitted to systemwide and included with the responses of other UC divisions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The UCR survey, completed by 251 members, revealed a strong preference for maintaining the status quo due to concerns about disruption, cost, negative impacts on student learning
and faculty research, and a lack of clear rationale for the change. A summary of this survey is attached.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Twenty-six Senate standing and faculty executive committees were tasked with review and the overwhelming consensus is one of strong opposition to a systemwide conversion from
the quarter system to a semester system. The primary concerns raised across the reports center on the significant financial costs, increased workload and disruption for faculty, staff, and students, and the lack of clear, empirically-supported benefits to
student success and faculty productivity. Several committees also express concern about the timing of this proposal given current budget cuts and other political and institutional challenges facing the University of California system. There is a perceived
lack of transparency and sufficient faculty consultation in the process leading to this draft report.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">1. Financial Costs and Budgetary Concerns:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">High Conversion Costs:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> Multiple committees highlight the substantial
estimated costs of converting to a semester system, with figures cited from the report ranging from "$288.62-370.96 M cost plus financing costs" and a campus-level estimate of "$40-46 million."<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Inappropriate Timing:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> Given the "impending budget cuts faced
by the University of California," "current budgetary cuts and uncertainty," and "looming existential threats to the UC system," committees universally agree that undertaking such a costly transition at this time is fiscally irresponsible.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Cost of Additional Labor and Lost Productivity:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> Concerns are
raised about the need for "additional compensation" for faculty and staff to handle the increased workload of curriculum revision and implementation. Furthermore, committees anticipate a "loss in productivity associated with diversifying workload within a
fixed timeframe," as faculty and staff will be diverted from their normal duties.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Facilities Upgrades:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> The cost estimates in the report are seen
as potentially insufficient, lacking details on "what facility updates would be needed and these costs," particularly regarding infrastructure to handle increased energy consumption for cooling classrooms during a hotter fall semester start. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">2. Faculty Workload and Impact on Research/Creative Activity:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Increased Teaching Assignments:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> A major concern is that "It
is unlikely that the number of courses per faculty will decrease under a semester-based system, likely resulting in decreased faculty research and creative activity outputs."<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Loss of Flexibility for Research:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> The quarter system allows
for greater flexibility in scheduling teaching, such as "bunching' or 'stacking' one's teaching schedule over the course of two quarters and freeing up time from teaching to allow for greater focus on research and writing." This flexibility would be lost in
a semester system.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Difficulty in Taking Time Off:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> Under the quarter system, it
is "common for faculty to have a quarter off teaching," enabling "creative activities during the academic year." This is deemed "unlikely that faculty would have the opportunity to have a semester off teaching" in a semester system.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Curriculum Revision Burden:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> Faculty will face an “immense impact
on the work...as all courses and curriculum would need to be revised to fit a semester system," requiring "a large amount of funding and resources" and causing "undue burden to faculty and staff without mention of appropriate compensation, or consent." <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">3. Student Impact and Pedagogical Concerns:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Potential for Delayed Graduation and Increased Costs:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> There
is "evidence-based concern that students whose time to degree is increased during the transition period would ultimately pay more for their degrees/lose income due to later entry into the job market."<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Higher Course Load and Dropout Rates:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> With a semester system,
"students will have a higher course load to complete program requirements, will also likely need extra time to graduate and will fall behind. This will likely lead to higher student dropout rates."<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Loss of Breadth in Learning:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> While semesters allow for "courses
to engage a wider expanse of material with added depth," faculty and students often favor the quarter system for "the advantage of taking a broader range of classes" and the ability to "sample a broader range of material."<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Transition Challenges for Existing Students:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> "For three years
or more, there would remain student cohorts who were admitted on the quarter system and would graduate with a combination of quarter and semester courses," creating complications for advising and graduation requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">No Clear Evidence of Improved Student Success:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> Several committees
note the lack of evidence that a semester system correlates to better student success or learning outcomes. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">4. Lack of Transparency and Shared Governance:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Insufficient Faculty Consultation:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> Concerns are raised about
the lack of faculty consultation "prior to or after the survey was distributed." The process is described as "not been consistent with genuine shared governance with substantial faculty input."<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Top-Down Initiative:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> There is a strong perception that the
proposed change is a "top-down mandate" from UCOP, which is "against the principles of shared governance, and the lack of transparency and initial consultation have made faculty suspicious about ulterior motives."<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Missing Background Information:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> The report is criticized for
not providing sufficient "background information is provided about where this process originated and why it is presented at this time." <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">5. Questionable Benefits and Alternatives:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Limited Evidence for Stated Benefits:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> Committees find "little
evidence to support possible benefits of changing the calendar for students, faculty or administrators," particularly regarding improving the transfer student experience or gaining a "competitive advantage for summer experience."<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Quarter System Advantages:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> The quarter system is highlighted
for its "faster-paced movement," allowing for a "broader range of classes," and greater flexibility for students to "temporarily withdraw in the advent of an emergency."<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Alternative Solutions:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> The possibility of a "more practical
solution" like "slid[ing] the schedule of the quarters to align with the semester offerings" is suggested as a way to achieve some benefits without the disruptive effects of a full conversion. A "gradual onramp" approach over several years is also proposed.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Focus on More Pressing Issues:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> Many committees feel that resources
and attention should be directed towards addressing "more pressing demands," including "staff and faculty positions, support for graduate students who lost funding, bridge funding for research projects terminated," and dealing with "the politicization of academic
research." <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Additional Themes and Specific Concerns:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">International Education:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> While acknowledging some challenges
for students studying abroad, committees believe "flexibility in arranging international study generally had worked to overcome these different calendars" and do not justify a calendar change.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">University Extension:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> Conversion would require adaptation of
courses and programs, increasing resource needs, but would benefit visiting students from semester-based institutions.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Physical Resources:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> Specific concerns about "Classroom temperatures
during the summer months" and the need for "additional large classrooms" or "supplemental online modalities" are raised.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Information Technology:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> The transition would require supplementing
ITS staff and utilizing outside consultants.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Faculty Welfare:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> Notes that aligning with CCs and CSUs could
ease transfer for students, but this is not seen as outweighing the costs and disruptions.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">School of Medicine:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> Notes that while their academic schedule
is independent, the change would affect shared teaching space and does not see clear evidence of improved student experience or learning.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">School of Public Policy:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> Highlights the quarter system as a
"recruitment advantage for UCR" due to its flexibility for faculty workload. Notes potential advantages for some in-depth courses in a semester system but emphasizes the loss of course variety.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">School of Education:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> Expresses concerns similar to others regarding
time and practical costs, including increased energy costs due to a hotter fall start.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> Highlights the
need for clarification on teaching loads, especially concerning advising and mentoring transfer students.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> Calls for
a report from UC administration detailing the origin and justification of the task force and addressing the power structures and consultation processes involved. Cites the lack of grounding in peer-reviewed research in the draft report.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Conclusion:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The feedback from the Riverside Division Academic Senate committees strongly opposes the proposed systemwide calendar conversion to a semester system. The committees find
the potential benefits to be unclear and insufficiently supported by evidence, while the financial costs, workload implications, and disruptions to faculty, staff, and students are seen as significant and ill-timed given the current institutional context.
The lack of transparency and perceived disregard for shared governance principles further contribute to the negative reception of the proposal. The overwhelming sentiment is that the existing quarter system, while not without its challenges, offers distinct
advantages that would be lost in a conversion, and that resources should be focused on more pressing issues facing the University.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The Riverside Executive Council’s robust discussion this week echoed the responses from committees and our colleagues in the division at large as laid out in the attached
survey summary document. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Ken Barish, Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Riverside Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Attachments<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Summary of Senate Review Comments<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">UCR Common Calendar Survey Summary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#4F81BD">Executive Director, Academic Senate</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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