UC Leaders Delay Vote on Proposal to Limit Faculty’s Airing of Political Views

Ethnic studies faculty members objected to the proposal stemming from a UC statement condemning Hamas’s October attack on Israel.

Palestinians carry bags of flour they grabbed from an aid truck near an Israeli checkpoint, as Gaza residents face crisis levels of hunger amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, on Jan. 27, 2024. Hossam Azam/Reuters

University of California leaders delayed voting on a controversial policy March 20 that would ban faculty from asserting their political views on university websites.

The proposal would prohibit faculty from using department website homepages to make comments on local, regional, global, or national issues unrelated to the departments’ operations.