Berkeley chancellor to focus on funding and rebuilding community - Ellie Bothwell, Times Higher Ed

The previous chancellor, Nicholas Dirks, announced his intention to resign last year, after just three years at the helm, in the wake of criticism of his handling of these cases and the institution’s budget. Last October, Professor Dirks told THE that he thought that politicians would provide additional funding for US public universities once they were convinced that institutions had done all they could to cut costs. But Professor Christ, a scholar in Victorian literature and the university’s first female leader, was less optimistic. Her strategy is for Berkeley to “grow its way out of the problem” by enhancing six revenue streams: non-degree enrolment (on summer courses, for example); self-supporting master’s programmes; entrepreneurial activity including start-ups and patents; research contracts and grants; monetising real estate (such as increasing retail on campus); and philanthropy. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/berkeley-chancellor-focus-funding-and-rebuilding-community