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Regents hear recommendation to dismiss UCLA faculty member; board to deliberate in closed session
Summary
Presenters told the Board of Regents that a UCLA faculty member, Professor Amra Sekare, was found by faculty hearing committees to have violated the faculty code of conduct and recommended dismissal; the board moved to deliberate the recommendation in closed session and no public final action was recorded.
Regents received a public presentation on January 21 recommending dismissal of a UCLA faculty member after multiple faculty hearing committees and campus officials concluded that the faculty member violated the university’s faculty code of conduct.
Deputy Counsel Woodall opened the session by explaining procedural steps and said Professor Amra Sekare requested that the matter be heard in open session and declined to attend. Provost Newman outlined the governing policies (APM 15 and APM 16) and described the multi-step review process that leads to disciplinary recommendations. Vice Provost Monica Varsanyi summarized the hearing committees’ findings and repeatedly referenced the committee’s…
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