Academic Support – Other includes various clinical and other support activities that are operated and administered in conjunction with schools and departments and support the University’s teaching, research, and service missions. The University’s clinics, the largest of these activities, are largely self-supporting through patient fees. State funds for Clinical Teaching Support, discussed further in the
Teaching Hospitals chapter of this document, are
appropriated to the University for the hospitals, dental clinics, and neuropsychiatric institutes operated by UC in recognition of the need to maintain a sufficiently large and diverse patient population for teaching purposes. In addition, other non-clinical activities provide academic support to campus programs, experiences for students, and valuable community services. Their financial support is derived from a combination of State funds, student or other fees, contracts and grants, and other revenue.
The 2013-14 budget for Academic Support – Other is $1.2 billion. The State’s ongoing fiscal crises have resulted in significant reductions throughout the University’s budget. Academic and Institutional Support budgets were targeted by the State for specific cuts of $36.5 million in 2003-04 and another $45.4 million in 2004-05. Since then, due to more recent budget shortfalls, campuses have instituted additional targeted cuts to these programs.
UNIVERSITY CLINICS
Occupational Health Centers
The northern (Berkeley, Davis, and San Francisco) and southern (Irvine and Los Angeles) occupational health centers were created as a joint project of the California Department of Industrial Relations and UC to help serve the occupational health needs of California. Each center serves as the focal point for occupational health-related
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Expenditures totaled $1.2 billion in 2012-13. Clinics and other services are largely self-supporting.
activities on the campuses in its geographical area, thereby strengthening the University’s programs of teaching and research in these fields.
Community Dental Clinics
The on-campus and community dental clinics at Los Angeles and San Francisco serve primarily as teaching laboratories in which graduate professional students pursue organized clinical curricula under the supervision of dental school faculty. The clinics provide a spectrum of teaching cases that are generally not available in the on-campus clinics, thus enhancing the required training in general and pediatric dentistry. While providing valuable clinical experience for students, the clinics also serve to meet the dental health needs of thousands of low-income patients, many of whom would not otherwise receive dental care.
Optometry Clinic
The optometry clinic at Berkeley serves primarily as a clinical teaching laboratory for the School of Optometry,
State and UC General Funds 16% Funds 10%Extramural Clinical Revenue 26% Restricted Funds 35% Student Tuition and Fees 13%
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while providing a complete array of visual health care services for patients. At the clinic, optometry faculty supervise students in the clinical aspects of the prevention, diagnosis, and remediation of visual problems. In addition, students receive clinical experience at various Bay Area community health centers, which exposes them to a broad range of cases and provides a much-needed public service to the community.
Veterinary Clinics
The veterinary medicine clinical teaching facilities at Davis and in the San Joaquin Valley, and the satellite site in San Diego, are specialized teaching hospitals and clinics that support the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. In these facilities, faculty train students enrolled
in veterinary medicine in the clinical aspects of diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control of diseases in animals.
Neuropsychiatric Institutes
UC’s two neuropsychiatric institutes are among the state’s principal resources for the education and training of psychiatric residents and other mental health professionals, and for the provision of mental health services. The primary missions of the institutes are to treat patients with diseases of the nervous system and to strive for excellence in the development of approaches to problems associated with developmental, behavioral, psychological, and neurological disorders.
OTHER ACADEMIC SUPPORT PROGRAMS
In addition to the clinics, UC operates a wide variety of other programs that are administered with schools and departments and enhance the University’s teaching, research, and service activities. Some examples are described below.
Laboratory School
The laboratory school at the Los Angeles campus serves as a laboratory for experimentation, research, and teacher professional development in the field of education. The self-supporting school educates pre-K-6 children and contributes to the advancement of education through research efforts and application of results.
Vivaria and Herbaria
Each campus operates vivaria and herbaria, which are centralized facilities for the ordering, receiving, and care of all animals and plants essential to instruction and research.
Museums and Galleries
The University operates many museums and galleries. These cultural resources are open to children and adults throughout the state and are largely self-supporting, generating revenue through ticket sales. Many of UC’s museum and gallery holdings are also available to UC faculty and students conducting research.