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About the Higher Education Report Card (HERC)

Since 2012, UCSA has used a rubric to track legislator’s votes on legislation that affect students and California higher education. The results are tracked in UCSA’s Higher Education Report Cards (HERC), in which legislators receive grades based on their “Yes” or “No” votes, and on their absences.

As UCSA takes official stances on legislation, any vote that a Legislator casts (Aye, Nay, Not Voting, or Abstain) on the bill will be incorporated into their grade, in real time.

You can find the current and previous Report Cards below.

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.”