From the Daily Bruin: Samantha Talbot said exploring humanities research felt daunting when she came to UCLA. Talbot added that because academia is a predominantly white field, she felt out of place as a student of color. But the First Year Scholars Program, which offers academic guidance to first-year humanities and social sciences students, provided her guest speaker opportunities to guide her through her research journey, making the process less intimidating. FYSP also provides first-year students with academic advising and peer mentorship.
...However, the UCLA Center for Academic Advising in the College – which runs FYSP – paused the program for the 2025-26 academic year, citing denied funding over the past several years as the reason for the pause, according to its website. The Center for Academic Advising temporarily paused the program to avoid a permanent shutdown, according to a March email sent to FYSP scholars. The program is seeking out external funding sources in an attempt to restart operations in the 2026-27 or 2027-28 academic year, according to FYSP’s website.
...UCLA Media Relations declined to answer specific questions about FYSP’s hiatus and denied funding requests, instead referring the Daily Bruin to a Bruin Post about Chancellor Julio Frenk’s new leadership coalition to manage the university’s ongoing budgetary constraints...
Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2025/11/21/ucla-first-year-scholars-program-goes-on-hiatus-after-years-of-denied-funding.
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