-San Jose Mercury News, March 24, 2010 by Lisa M. Krieger
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_14741635?source=rss
“Budget discipline is a very difficult thing. Particularly in a crisis like this, there needs to be sufficient top-down leadership to get the job done. Nobody is going to volunteer to make the kinds of changes that are required,” said Edley. “We need to identify a couple of changes that are likely to prove very desirable, and focus on them.”
-Los Angeles Times, March 24, 2010 by Larry Gordon
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-uc-future24-2010mar24,0,4457597.story
One plan discussed Tuesday said UC should develop 40 basic online courses in a pilot program to help students graduate on time and cut costs. “I think the question is whether we are leaders or followers,” said commission member Christopher Edley Jr., dean of UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall law school and a strong advocate of Internet education.
-The Daily Bruin, March 24, 2010 by Julienne Lauler, Kelly Zhou
http://www.dailybruin.com/articles/2010/3/24/hate-crimes-spark-regents-dialogue-campus-climate-/
According to Christopher Edley, dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law and adviser to Yudof, there is hope for a bright future for the UC system if the proposed initiatives are implemented with transparency and accountability. “There’s a history of decades of failure to implement programs, so this is a challenge not only of thinking of things to do, but it is important also to get the implementation right,” Edley said.
-UC San Diego News Center, March 24, 2010 by Judy Piercey
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/general/03-24CampusClimate.asp
“This (addressing racism) is not rocket science. This is harder than rocket science,” said Edley at today’s UC Board of Regents meeting. “UC San Diego has pulled together a dizzying and quite effective list of initiatives. They have done a great job and I give them a solid ‘A’.”