In 2019-20, UCSA partnered with the UCLA Luskin policy group on an APP project studying support for UC’s parenting students. The official paper, compiles a series of interviews with parenting students, policy experts, and members of the workgroup to come
A report released by the University of California Student Association (UCSA) and The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) finds that the burden of student loan debt is not borne evenly across all university graduates. First Comes Diploma, Then
The University of California Student Association conducted a systemwide qualitative research project regarding the ways UC supports students with disabilities and the ways students believe that support can be improved. During the 2017-2018 academic year, the UCSA Board adopted a
In the year following the presidential election of Donald Trump, the University of California Student Association conducted a series of interviews to capture first-hand experiences of underrepresented students living through the new administration. The project sought to determine if feelings
The UC Student Association considers food security, affordable housing, and readily available, culturally competent mental health services all to be basic needs of students pursuing a degree at the University of California. A recent study by the University of California
Summary: The University of California (UC) prides itself on being a world-class public research university. The success of the UC graduate student population, which generates and performs a good deal of this research work, is vital to UC meeting its
As Executive Director, Salih leads our staff team and organizational strategy, keeps the UCSA office in operation, supports the Board and other student leaders, and fundraises to maximize the potential of our organization. Salih also oversees planning for UCSA’s annual statewide conferences.
Raised in Oakland, California, Salih Muhammad strives to embody the principles of service, sacrifice, and selflessness. For much of his life, he has been committed to living toward the liberation of Black people, at home and abroad.
In 2009, he continued the pursuit of knowledge at the University of California, Berkeley, where he excelled as a Black student and organizer on campus. His favorite quote is from Franz Fanon, who stated, “Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity.”
