10/09/2026
Nearly 3,000 campus community members have joined us in supporting and protecting the Student Learning Center’s peer academic support!
When this petition launched a few days ago, we knew peer learning is essential to the student experience at UC Berkeley; your responses have proven that beyond measure! So much so that The Daily Californian published an article about the petition and the growing support across campus.
Thank you to every student, alum, staff, faculty, and community member who has signed, shared, and advocated for the SLC. Your voices have built momentum and made clear just how deeply our campus community values the SLC and peer-to-peer learning.
Let’s keep the momentum going and reach 4,000 signatures by Friday!
Please share the petition with your classmates, colleagues, alumni, and others in your networks who believe in protecting undergraduate learning at Berkeley.
Sign and share the petition: https://bit.ly/protectslc
Thank you for standing with the SLC and with our undergraduates!
Dear Golden Bears and Community Members,
The Student Learning Center’s peer learning community is facing a significant challenge.
The University is proposing a 20% cut in SLC’s tutor and student staff budget—a reduction that would mean approximately 11,000 fewer hours of peer learning and academic support, about 70 fewer student employee positions, and fewer opportunities for students to learn, connect, and grow together.
The SLC has supported many scholars in their learning, helped them to build confidence, and provided a space for them to ask questions, collaborate, and grow. These services are peer-led and at risk due to the proposed budget cut.
We encourage you to add your name to this petition (bit.ly/protectslc) calling on University leadership to reconsider this reduction and protect SLC’s peer learning model. We urge you to affirm the importance of undergraduate learning by making your voice heard.
The SLC has always been more than a place to get support with coursework. It is a community where students learn how to learn, find connection and belonging, take intellectual risks, discover what they are capable of, and help one another thrive.
At this moment of financial pressure, Berkeley must decide what it will protect. We believe the learning, development, and support of undergraduates should remain among the University’s highest priorities.
Join us in speaking up for our learning community that has supported so many Berkeley students: bit.ly/protectslc.
