In a closed-door meeting Thursday, UC regents scolded UC President Janet Napolitano for agreeing to a plan that led to her top aides improperly interfering in a state audit of her office. The officials had interfered by asking UC campuses not to “air dirty laundry” in an audit survey and warned each other to keep communications “off of email.” Napolitano’s approval “reflected poor judgment and set in motion a course of conduct that the Board of Regents finds unacceptable,” chairman George Kieffer said. Also UC Berkeley students are calling for the resignation of UC Regent Norm Pattiz, after a recording surfaced of him asking a female comedian if he could hold her breasts. When asked if he would resign, Pattiz replied, “Not on your life.” We discuss the latest news out of the UC system.
Guests:
Teresa Watanabe, education reporter, Los Angeles Times