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Disabled and undocumented students urge Regents to increase UC funding for access services and $10 million fellowship proposal
Summary
Multiple students and advocates asked the University of California Investments Committee to prioritize funding for disability services and to approve a $10 million proposal for paid learning opportunities for undocumented students.
Speakers representing disabled and undocumented student communities told the University of California Investments Committee on March 14 that campus disability services are underfunded and that the Regents should approve a $10,000,000 proposal to create paid learning opportunities for undocumented students.
Evelyn Guerra, an undocumented graduate student at UC Riverside, called for “an increase to the amount of 10,000,000 for resources” to support Dream Centers and summer fellowships that undocumented students often cannot access. A student caller from UCLA reiterated that “if the UC Regents and Chancellors claim that they care about their undocumented students, they must put their money where their mouth is.”
Multiple speakers addressed disability services. Jennifer Miyake, a transfer student at UCLA registered with the campus Center for Accessibility and Education (CAE), said CAE supports about 4,000 registered disabled students but is “extremely understaffed and underfunded.” She said disability specialists face high caseloads and turnover; the transcript records a comparison to a national average but the precise local caseload figure was not specified during the comment. Another speaker asked the Regents to prioritize “funding for disability services through the CAE and [Office of] Bruin Access.”
Regents acknowledged public comments and said they were being recorded for committee consideration. The meeting did not include a formal vote on the $10 million proposal during the session.
