Dear UCSC grads,
While our individual experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic vary, we are all affected by it. To this end, we ask that UCSC administration grants a universal one-year time to degree extension to all graduate students, regardless of their discipline, year in program, personal circumstance, and nationality.
More specifically, we request that UCSC administration:
- Makes available a fully-funded one year normative time to degree increase for all graduate students
- Extends the non-residential supplemental tuition (NRST) waiver by one year
- Waives the 18-quarter teaching limit
UC Santa Barbara, UC Berkeley and UC San Diego have granted a one-year, one-semester and one-quarter extension respectively to all doctoral students across the board, demonstrating that inclusive, all-encompassing solutions are not only possible, but that they can also be implemented at a campus level in record time.
Please add your name to this petition to urge UCSC administration to support its graduate students by granting us a universal fully-funded time to degree extension.