Sunday, August 16

In the news:



[Final reflections]: More thoughts on Carnesale

Carnesale is a great leader, colleague Al Carnesale and I became chancellors at around the same time ““ recruiting him from Harvard was a real coup for the University of California system, and there was tremendous excitement about his arrival ““ so we learned the ropes together, and we became friends and allies, even when our campuses were in fierce competition for the California Institutes for Science and Innovation. Read more...


[Final reflections]: Diversity the next challenge to address

UCLA makes its home in the glitz capital of the world. Probably unknown to the campus’s leader, I and a few others jokingly, but affectionately, bestowed Albert Carnesale with the title “The Hollywood Chancellor.” An unabashed pitchman, his savvy and charisma have served the university well, pulling in hundreds of millions of dollars from Los Angeles’ glam-bam donors. Read more...




LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Student achievement outweighs obstacles I am writing in response to the article about my involvement with Teach for America (“New Teachers Overcome Obstacles: Marjorie Clark,” News, June 1). Read more...