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On June 23, the Regents’ Workgroup on Faculty Discipline Policies and Procedures released Interim Policies. Some will go into effect Fall 2025 without review, including: Coordination of discipline with UC Police Departments for all misconduct cases, including those regarding expressive activities.

Another new interim policy that will go into effect Fall 2025: Faculty may be disciplined for extramural speech when the “university’s interests” outweigh the “employee’s expressive interests.” We must resist these blatant attempts to criminalize and chill faculty free speech!

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WHAT CAN YOU DO? Express your concern and outrage over this overreach by the UC Regents by: Giving public comment at the July 15-17 Regents' Meeting. Give feedback (ask your colleagues to too) during the 90-day systemwide review period - the link will be sent out through Academic Senate Committees