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Research and diversity risks flagged in UC quarter-to-semester conversion review
Summary
A researcher warned Regents that public materials on the UC transition from quarters to a common academic year are poor and that the conversion could cost at least $300 million and harm research and diversity goals without further review.
A public commenter raised procedural and substantive concerns about the University of California’s quarter‑to‑semester calendar conversion effort, arguing the initiative’s public materials are low quality and that decisionmakers have not fully analyzed consequences for research and diversity.
Dr. Ryan McCarthy, director of research at a consulting firm, said the public documents “present disproven information without reference” and “gloss over a lot of important decision impacts on research and diversity agenda of the UC.” He also cited an estimated minimum transition cost of “about $300,000,000” for the UC system and urged an early revisit to the purpose and structure of the effort and to ground decisions in verified evidence.
The comment was submitted during public comment; the transcript does not record any immediate administrative response or action on the calendar conversion within the public comment portion.
