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The University of Michigan\u2019s Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs<\/a> met Monday afternoon in the Alexander G. Ruthven Building to discuss Michigan Medicine\u2019s decision<\/a> to end gender-affirming care for patients under the age of 19, academic policies regarding artificial intelligence and the decrease in faculty involvement in decision-making processes.<\/p>\n SACUA Chair Derek Peterson was joined by Regent Paul Brown (D). At the beginning of the meeting Peterson discussed the high voter turnout<\/a> for the initiative to make the Collegiate Travel Planners<\/a> travel service optional. Because of the widespread opposition<\/a> to CTP, this initiative received the most votes in Faculty Senate history, according to Peterson.\u00a0<\/p>\n Jesse Capecelatro, associate professor of mechanical engineering and aerospace engineering, said the high costs of CTP for the University and individual faculty members make the service extremely unpopular among faculty. Capecelatro argued the service is wasting research funding as he feels it is largely ineffective.<\/p>\n \u201cWith all the issues of federal funding and all these programs being cut, our research dollars are very vulnerable, so we don\u2019t want to have to spend more of it on travel,\u201d Capecelatro said. \u201cIt\u2019s a new system. I think it\u2019s fundamentally flawed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n