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1st appeared 21 September 1998 Regents Approve Salary Increases, Endorse Scholarship Program In an effort to keep the University of California competitive in attracting and retaining top leadership, the Board of Regents on Friday (Sept. 18) approved salary increases effective Oct. 1 for senior UC officials, including President Richard C. Atkinson and the nine chancellors. The Regents also approved merit increases for officers of the Regents, vice presidents, medical center directors, certain vice chancellors and deans, and other senior management employees in the university and its medical centers. These officials were eligible for the same average merit increase of 3.5 percent as other UC employees in merit-based pay plans. Some officials received an additional equity adjustment in order to promote retention or correct a salary inequity where UC pay significantly lags that of comparable institutions. The salary action for the president and chancellors was based on an independent report indicating that as of July 1, UC chancellors earned an average of 32.5 percent less than their peers at 26 public and private research universities across the nation. The salary increases approved by the Regents are the first step in what is intended to be a two-to-three-year process of market-based equity adjustments to bring the salaries of UC chancellors into line with those of their counterparts at other institutions. UC President Richard C. Atkinson, whose current salary is $263,500, will make $310,900. UCSF chancellor J. Michael Bishop, whose current salary is $274,000, will make $323,300. source: Brad Hayward, UCOP Regents Endorse Partnership Scholarship Program The University of California, under a new scholarship program announced Thursday, Sept. 17, will provide additional incentive for disadvantaged students to excel academically at UC "partnership schools." The Partnership Opportunity Scholarship Program will grant annual scholarships of $5,000 to disadvantaged students who excel academically at a UC partnership school and enroll at the partner UC campus. The university is establishing partnerships with 50 state high schools that are educationally disadvantaged because of limited availability of college preparatory courses or low college-going rates among their graduates. Establishment of the partnerships will also be based on the high school's potential for improvement and its willingness to participate in collaborative efforts with other organizations including community colleges and private industry. "The Regents' endorsement of this scholarship reflects their strong and consistent support of university outreach efforts to expand educational opportunities and encourage academic excellence," UC President Richard C. Atkinson said. Under the program, one student from each of the partner high schools who enrolls at the partner UC campus will receive a Partnership Opportunity Scholarship. The students will receive up to $5,000 a year over and above other grants and scholarships from university, federal, state and other sources. The scholarship and school partnership programs are part of the university's long-range strategy to implement recommendations of the UC Outreach Task Force, which consisted of Regents, UC faculty, staff and students, business leaders and representatives of the state's major education sectors. The strategic plan resulting from the task force's recommendations was outlined to Regents last Thursday by Karl S. Pister, senior associate to President Atkinson and chancellor emeritus of UC Santa Cruz. source: Terry Lightfoot, UCOP |
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