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Students and faculty press UC on privacy after names were reportedly shared with federal investigators
Summary
Student leaders and faculty demanded clearer protections and support after speakers alleged that UC disclosed student names to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights; faculty asked for public summaries of disciplinary processes and outcomes.
Multiple speakers at the Board of Regents meeting urged the University of California to clarify what data the system shared with federal investigators and to strengthen support for students whose information was disclosed.
Abigail Verino, UC Berkeley student‑body president, told Regents she was “deeply concerned regarding the recent disclosure of student names to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights” and asked that the system provide meaningful support to affected students and better involve campuses in system‑level decisions.
A UC Berkeley lecturer who said they were on day 22 of a hunger strike said the university had reported “my name along with about 160 others” to campus administration and the federal government; the speaker called that disclosure a betrayal that risks community safety and urged Regents to “protect your students and staff who have been sold out to the Trump administration.”
Daniel Neuhauser, a UCLA professor representing the Jewish Faculty Resilience Group, asked the Regents to publish a statistical summary of disciplinary investigations and outcomes, arguing that past complaints had stalled without resolved discipline and that transparency is needed to assess the system’s response.
Regents did not announce specific policy changes in open session. Student leaders later called for greater consultation between administration and elected student representatives during negotiations with federal authorities.
