A UC Academic Senate committee voted to suspend their review of the Anderson School of Management’s proposal to become financially self-supporting, according to a memo sent to the school today.
The proposal, which was first brought forward by Anderson Dean Judy Olian about three years ago, would make the Masters of Business Administration program financially separate from state funds.
The proposal passed the UCLA Legislative Assembly in June. To take effect, it needed to go through the UC Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs and the UC Office of the President. The graduate affairs committee voted 10-0-1 to halt the review.
Members of the committee decided to halt the review in part because the Anderson School does not meet the requirements to be a self-supporting program at the UC, according to the memo.
A university policy, adopted by UC President Mark Yudof last year, requires that a program meet at least one of several criteria to qualify for self supporting status: enroll “non-traditional” students, be held at alternative locations off-campus, or take place primarily during non-standard hours, such as at night.
But the policy is tailored for programs that will be self-supporting from the beginning, said Rachael Goodhue, the chair of the graduate affairs committee. The policy does not explicitly say whether programs can go from being supported by state funds to being financially independent, which is what the Anderson proposal intended to do, Goodhue said.
The proposal will not be reviewed further until a new policy on self-supporting programs is put into place or the original policy is modified, the memo stated.
Compiled by Alexia Boyarsky, Bruin staff.