About this Initiative
This initiative advances UC Berkeley’s commitment to equitable access to education by strengthening how the campus delivers student accommodations, exam proctoring, and digitally accessible learning and administrative materials.
Initiative Team
Sponsors:
- Fabrizio Mejia, interim Vice Chancellor, Equity & Inclusion
- Oliver O’Reilly, Vice Provost, Undergraduate Education
Initiative Managers:
- Amber Johnson, Assistant Vice Chancellor & Chief of Staff, Equity & Inclusion;
- Catherine Cronquist Browning, Assistant Vice Provost, Undergraduate Education
Team Members:
- Lisa García Bedolla, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Hitchcock Dean of the Graduate Division
- Ella Callow, ADA/Section 504 Compliance Officer
- Khira Griscavage, Associate Chancellor and Chief Ethics, Risk, and Compliance Officer
- Olufemi Ogundele, Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Enrollment Management and Undergraduate Admissions
- Anne Marie Richard, Chief Academic Technology Officer & Assistant Vice Provost, Undergraduate Education
- Carmen Varela, Executive Director, Disabled Students’ Program
- Linda von Hoene, Assistant Dean for Graduate Professional Development and Director, GSI Teaching & Resource Center
Milestones
1
Completed Items
Goals & Efforts
- Establish a new DSP Advisory board
- Gather faculty feedback on improving support for accommodations
2
2026
Goals & Efforts
- Expand DSP’s undergraduate proctor pool
- Provide training for faculty on digital accessibility for the curriculum
- Simplify the instructor experience with DSP
- Expand pop-up 150% time exam proctoring facility to an additional college or school
- Launch a new 100-seat computer-based testing center
- Ensure sufficient space for DSP exam accommodations
- Increase staffing for DSP exam accommodations
3
2027
Goals & Efforts
- Create a unified campus proctoring experience
- Offer faculty grants and workshops related to accessibility in pedagogy