UC Berkeley Faculty Petition Concerning the Suspension of a DeCal Course
We, the undersigned senate faculty of the University of California at Berkeley, object to the decision taken by
Chancellor Dirks and Dean Hesse to cancel a Decal class that was sponsored by a
faculty member in Ethnic Studies and approved by its Department Chair as well
as the Academic Senate’s Committee on Courses of Instruction (COCI).
However that decision is justified, the cancellation of the class, without
consulting the Academic Senate, is a clear violation of the two principles of
shared governance and academic freedom that are a hallmark of our campus.
As it is the responsibility of faculty to determine the curriculum, we demand
the immediate reinstatement of the course.
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