APPROVED
2013-2014 Annual Report
Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate
Committee on Academic Planning & Resource Allocation
In fulfilling its charge as established in the by laws of the
Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate, the Committee on Academic
Planning & Resource Allocation (CAPRA) carried out the following
activities.
BUDGET AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS:
A central responsibility of the committee is to contribute the faculty
perspective on policy and budgetary matters to the Chancellor and
EVCP. CAPRA’s recommendations for 2014-15 include some new issues that
were identified over the course of this year in discussions with
senior campus administrators (see list below), and continuing
priorities that the committee deemed critical to the future financial
health of the UC Berkeley campus and to maintaining UC Berkeley’s
standards of excellence. The 2014-15 recommendations are attached to
this report.
ACADEMIC PLANNING
The committee participated in departmental academic program
reviews:
 Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (Catherine Carson)
 English (Margaretta Lovell)
 Gender & Women’s Studies (Elizabeth Macdonald)
 Integrative Biology (Greg Aponte)
 Nutritional Science and Toxicology (Richard Stanton)
 Sociology (Jack Citrin)
 Spanish & Portuguese (Robert Goldman)
COMMENTED ON THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS, POLICIES, REPORTS, AND MEMOS
Systemwide
- Self Supporting Graduate Professional Degree proposed
revised policy
- Professional Degree Supplemental Tuition proposed revised
policy
Campus
Reports resulting from Academic Program Reviews (External
Reviewers, Senate Liaison; and, departmental/School response)
- Classics
- Energy and Resources Group
- Gender & Women’s Studies
APPROVED
- School of Optometry
- Plant and Microbial Biology
Subject Specialties libraries review process
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
- Chancellor’s Joint Oversight Committee on Parking &
Transportation (P&T) A CAPRA member serves as Co-Chair, and Elizabeth
Macdonald was appointed to that position this year. This joint
administration/Senate committee is charged with oversight and
evaluating the unit’s effectiveness in meeting the needs of the campus
community. This includes the organizational structure, staffing,
programs and policies, financial planning, budgetary matters, and
strategic planning for capital projects. The Committee reports
annually to the Administration and the Academic Senate. Professor
Macdonald produced a report recommending that P&T oversight focus on several
specific issues during the upcoming year. CAPRA reviewed the report, and it was
submitted to the Divisional Council.
- The Senate has designated CAPRA as the lead committee to
monitor the financial health of Intercollegiate Athletics (IA) to
ensure that it stays within its operating budget and business plan.
Chair Wallace was a member of an ad-hoc committee examining the
financial aspects of the stadium’s operations. The group submitted
its report to senior campus administrators in the Fall.
- Lower Sproul Plaza project
Chair Wallace worked with VC Wilton on the project’s financial
position and to develop a creditable business plan for revenue
generation that will cover projected operating expenses enhancing the
future success of Lower Sproul.
CAPRA HAD REPRESENTATIVES ON THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES:
Faculty Budget Working group (Chair Wallace)
 UC Planning & Budget systemwide committee (Bernard Sadoulet)
 Senate Athletics Council (Margaretta Lovell)
 Campbell Hall program committee (Matt Kondolf)
 Jacobs Hall program committee (David Milnes)
 Space Allocation and Capital Improvements Committee (Chair
Wallace)
 Classroom Policy & Management (David Milnes)
APPROVED
 University Athletics Board (Alexis Bell, Fall and Chair Wallace,
Spring)
GUESTS:
- Chancellor Nicholas B. Dirks
- Graduate Dean and Campus Shared Services Faculty Head Andrew Szeri
(twice)
- VC Administration & Finance John Wilton (twice)
- EVCP George Breslauer (twice)
- Athletics Director Sandy Barbour (twice)
- VP for Teaching, Learning, Academic Planning and Facilities Cathy
Koshland (twice)
- AVC/Director, Financial Aid and Scholarships Rachelle Feldman
- VC University Relations Scott Biddy and CFO Berkeley Endowment
Management Company John Austin Saviano
- VC Real Estate Bob Lalanne
- Dean of Arts and Humanities Anthony Cascardi
- VC Student Affairs Harry Le Grande
- AVC-CIO IST Larry Conrad
- Cal Performances Director Matias Tarnopolsky
- Chief Operating Officer Campus Shared Services Thera Kalmijn
- Director of Sustainability Lisa McNeilly and Sustainability Manager
Kira Stoll
- Executive Director Space Management & Capital Programs Paula Milano
- CFO Intercollegiate Athletics David Secor
Goals: 2014-15