Nicholas Dirks, the University of California (UC) Berkeley chancellor who stepped down this summer after numerous scandals, will be paid $434,000 to take a one-year paid vacation.
UC Berkeley chancellor Nicholas Dirks said President Trump’s funding threat was “ill-informed,” and accused Breitbart of “distorting the truth.”
Chancellor Dirks and the UC Berkeley administration deserve to be held accountable for the violence that violated Milo’s rights — and the rights of those who wanted to hear him — as well as for the betrayal of the university’s free speech legacy.
UC Berkeley’s Greek system has imposed a ban on all fraternity and sorority parties, following reports of two sexual assaults last week at off-campus frat functions.
UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks, 66, announced Tuesday that once a successor is chosen to replace him, he will step down from his post.
UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks is under investigation for receiving free personal training from a campus fitness trainer and for alleged misuse of public funds for travel.
Union workers rallied on the campus of the University of California Berkeley Thursday in opposition to the first layoff notice given to a clerical employee as part of a planned series of hundreds of layoffs aimed at erasing a $150 million debt the school has incurred.
On Monday, University of California Berkeley chancellor Nicholas Dirks announced that the educational institution will be eliminating 500 jobs over the course of two years, which will wind up saving an estimated $50 million.