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Academic Senate urges system response to federal funding changes, outlines steps for online degrees and research recovery

5473620 · July 13, 2025
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The systemwide Academic Senate presented concerns about sudden federal funding disruptions, the need to monitor online undergraduate degree quality and recommended targeted funding interventions to support affected research and faculty.

Steven Chung, chair of the systemwide Academic Senate, used his remarks at the University of California Board of Regents’ July meeting to outline ongoing concerns about federal funding disruptions, online instruction and how the university should respond to interruptions in research funding. Chung said a successor joint task force of the senate and administration will develop recommendations to monitor the quality of undergraduate degree programs, with particular attention to…

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