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CHAPTER VI: STUDENT CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE

  1. Disciplinary Authority of the Faculty

    1. In addition to any other disciplinary action specified herein, any instructor in charge of a course, with information that a student in his/her class has cheated or plagiarized may, after notifying the student of the conduct involved and giving the student opportunity to respond, take any of the following actions:

      1. reprimand the student (verbally or in writing),

      2. change a grade affected by the cheating or plagiarism,

      3. assign additional coursework, or

      4. re-examine any student in connection with the material where the cheating or plagiarism occurred.


    2. After notifying the student of the conduct involved and giving him/her the opportunity to respond (which may be giving him/her the opportunity to correct the behavior) any instructor in charge of a course may exclude from his/her class, either temporarily or permanently, any student who demonstrates offensive or disruptive conduct toward the instructor or other members of the class.

    3. When an instructor decides to take any of the disciplinary actions listed in 1 or 2 above, s/he shall:

      1. Notify the student of the reason why the student is being disciplined.

      2. Notify his/her department chairperson so that the department chair can review the matter, and, in cases where the student is being permanently excluded from the class, inform the Dean of the College.

      3. Report the misconduct and disciplinary steps taken in writing to the office of the Dean of Students. When the misconduct is academically related, the ``Faculty Report Form for Academically Related Misconduct'' (available from the department or the Dean of Students) shall be filed with the office of the Dean of Students.

    4. If the Faculty Report Form for Academically Related Misconduct indicates that the matter should not be referred to the Student-Faculty Committee on Student Conduct, the Assistant Dean of Students shall inform the student of the accusation and that the incident shall be kept on file in the office of the Dean of Students for the duration of his/her enrollment at UCSB but that it does not constitute a ``disciplinary record.''

    5. An instructor may request assistance or an investigation of the matter by the Dean of Students in order to determine whether University disciplinary procedures should be invoked. In such cases, s/he will write a description of the incident in sufficient detail to permit the Dean of Students to investigate, interview the witnesses, and, if necessary, prepare the case for a hearing.

    6. Appeal of faculty implemented discipline:

      1. A student may appeal the action taken by an instructor by submitting a written appeal to the department chairperson with a copy to the Dean of the College. The chairperson may either respond to the appeal or refer the matter to the Student-Faculty Committee on Student Conduct for an advisory opinion. (If the department chairperson is the instructor involved in the case, the letter of appeal should be forwarded to the Dean of the College.) If the chairperson refers the case, the Student-Faculty Committee on Student Conduct will review the evidence and either express its concurrence with the sanction imposed by the instructor, or recommend a change, listing the reasons for its recommendation.

      2. If, after appeal to the department chairperson, the student is not satisfied with the decision, the student may then appeal to the Dean of the College. The Dean may also request that the review be made and an advisory opinion given by the Student-Faculty Committee on Student Conduct in the manner outlined in 6a above.
The above is excerpted from the January, 1991 revision of the University of California, Santa Barbara Campus Regulations Applying to Campus Activities, Organizations, and Students. That document is available from the Office of the Dean of Students (893-4467).
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