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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Assistant">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Assistant">I am forwarding the first of two reports from the joint systemwide Academic Senate-Administration working group on mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on faculty as transmitted to UC campuses
by UC Provost Michael Brown.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Assistant">In service,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Assistant">/s/ Jason<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This letter is sent on behalf of Provost Michael T. Brown. For your convenience, the text of the letter is below. The signed letter is attached as a pdf.
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CHANCELLORS</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLORS/PROVOSTS</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Enclosed please find the first of two reports from the joint Academic Senate-Administration working group on mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on faculty. I convened the working group this past April
at the request of President Michael V. Drake in response to Academic Council recommendations from January 2021 on mitigating COVID-19 impacts on faculty advancement, morale, work-life balance, and dependent care responsibilities.
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The intent of this first report, and of the work group’s phased approach overall, is to prioritize recommendations that campuses can implement in the immediate and near term. These recommendations
are informed by an assessment of work that has already been done across the UC and the work group’s consensus on the most acute impacts to faculty. They address the three recommendations ranked as the highest priority by the working group from the Academic
Council’s fifteen recommendations. These relate to holistic academic review and appraisal, research recovery funding, and campus-level funding for approved teaching duty modifications. The working group will continue its work to address the additional recommendations
in detail in its second report, expected in spring 2022. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This report provides campuses with the autonomy to determine the level of this investment or whether a given option needs further customization to meet the needs of the campus. Some investments may
be needed to meaningfully implement some of these recommendations and different campuses may have already implemented some of them. As you review the recommendations, I encourage you to consider the return on that investment. Faculty outcomes are central
to the University’s mission; implementing these measures will both positively impact the excellence and diversity of your academic personnel, benefitting your campus and the system as a whole.
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please share these recommendations with your academic departments, schools, and academic personnel reviewing bodies for their consideration, especially given the upcoming cycle of reviews. If you
have any comments or feedback, please send them to my executive assistant at </span>
<a href="mailto:aimee.chang@ucop.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">aimee.chang@ucop.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Sincerely,
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Michael T. Brown, Ph.D.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">cc: President Drake</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Academic Council Chair Horwitz</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Academic Council Vice Chair Cochran</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Vice Provost Carlson</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Mitigating Impacts of COVID-19 on Faculty working group members</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Executive Director Baxter</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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