DSP Annual Report
End of year data for FY 2019-20
Chart A: Students served and Auxiliary Services requests- The University is required by federal law to provide accommodations and services to students with disabilities who register with DSP. This chart is an overall summary of the growth of the number of DSP students over an 8 year period and the growth in requests for mandated services.
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Academic Year |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
2015-16 |
2016-17 |
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
|
Number of Students Served |
1,579 |
1,800 |
1,950 |
2,050 |
2,692 |
2905 |
3550 |
|
Proctoring Requests |
2,826 |
3,991 |
5,072 |
5,500 |
8,072 |
10301 |
11,094 (Current) 12,500 (Projected) |
|
Interpreting Services |
N/A |
N/A |
1,279 hours |
1,406 hours |
668 hours |
107 hours |
197 (Current) 250 (Projected) |
|
In-Class Assistants & Scribe |
140 |
150 |
200 |
126 |
63 |
96 |
62 (Current) 65 (Projected) |
|
Note-taking |
2,866 |
2,310 |
1,370 |
1,200 |
1,772 |
2170 |
2,663 (Current) 2,863 (Projected) |
|
Note-taking Technologies |
60 |
200 |
238 |
206 |
339 |
460 |
615 (Current) 625 (Projected) |
|
Alternative Media Projects |
2,128 Projects |
3,713 Projects |
6,203 Projects |
6,500 Projects |
6,769 Projects |
11,072 |
6,543 (Current) 9,000 (Projected) |
|
Accessible Furniture |
83 |
66 |
42 |
40 |
139 (Current) 170 (Projected) |
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|
CART (captioning) Services |
4,001 hours |
4,273 hours |
4,459 hours |
5,600 hours |
5,011 hours/CART 512 hours/video captioning |
6457 hours/CART 1305 hours/video captioning |
5802 hours/CART (Current) 8,099 (Projected) 1804 hours/VC (Current) 3017 hours/VC (Projected) |
Chart B: DSP Population Growth
DSP Updates
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Updates and critical challenges
DSP has experienced unprecedented growth in the number of students registering for DSP services over the last five years. We have experienced a student increase of 86% from 2015 to 2020 and our DSP student population has nearly doubled in size. This year alone we have added more than 700 students to DSP.
Service needs
With continued growth in our student population, the number of service requests continues to grow as well. Three service units that have experienced the most growth in service demand include Alternative Media, Proctoring, and CART and media captioning. We continue to adjust staffing to meet the growing service needs. (Chart A)
Caseloads
Currently, DSP servesapproximately 3550 students with disabilities (which is approximately 12%of the UC Berkeley student population). This is a 24% increase from last year’s DSP population (2905students served). The growth is continuing through the spring semester 2020 as we are still conducting more than 30 intakes per week and these are increasing with the current public health threat. Moreover, we project a continuing increase in the number of self-identified DSP students in the coming year as national data tells us that approximately 10-15% of the student population in higher education have disabilities.
Space
Currently, our most urgent challenge is the need for space for new staff, for proctoring, and for students. We have reached full capacity in our current spaces and we are still growing both in students and in staff.
Database
DSP data and services are currently managed through a UC Berkeley built online system called SCARAB. We have begun the process of transitioning to a commercial software product and service called Accessible Information Management (AIM). Our managers and our SCARAB IT staff are leading the transition project. When the transition is complete, DSP will need a part time service lead to manage the new service.