Faculty Involvement in Conduct Committees

The Value of Faculty Participation

Faculty who participate in the Conduct Committees  provide a valuable service to the UCR community.  By assisting in the adjudication of serious and/or recurring alleged violations of the UC Standards of Conduct, they Committee members:
  • help assure the value of the UCR degree;
  • contribute to the co-curricular education and development of students, and;
  • assist in the retention and matriculation of students who might not otherwise succeed academically due to their choices.

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How Do Faculty Participate


If you wish to serve on the College Academic Integrity Committee, contact your department chair or college executive committee to request a nomination to serve on the committee. 

If you wish to serve on the Student Conduct Committee, send an email to conduct@ucr.edu with the following information:
  • Name
  • Department
  • Title
  • Extension/Phone number
  • Email Address

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Conduct Committees


The Conduct Committees consist of:
  • College Academic Integrity Committees
  • Campus Academic Integrity Executive Committee
  • Student Conduct Committee

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College Academic Integrity Committees


Per University policy established by the Academic Senate:

An Academic Integrity Committee will be established in each of the Colleges and for the Graduate Division /Professional Schools to:
  • hear cases referred by Student Judicial Affairs that are sufficiently complex to require additional review
  • hear serious and repeated violations of academic misconduct upon referral from an instructor or Student Judicial Affairs
  • hear appeals of decisions and/or sanctions imposed by an instructor or Student Judicial Affairs

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Four to six faculty, four to six full-time undergraduate students, and four to six graduate students will be appointed to each College AIC and shall serve two year staggered terms to ensure continuity. In all cases an effort will be made to appoint members who represent the disciplinary diversity within each College. The Graduate/Professional School Committee will be comprised of faculty and graduate students and shall be drawn from appointees to the College Committees. The faculty will be chosen by the College Executive Committees in consultation with the Graduate Council. The undergraduates shall be chosen from the undergraduate student body by the Associated Students of UCR. The graduate students shall be chosen from the graduate student body by the Graduate Student Association. Students who have been suspended or are on academic or disciplinary probation, evicted from University Housing for reasons related to conduct, or who have a case pending before the Student Conduct Committee or an Academic Integrity Committee are not eligible to serve as committee members.

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A hearing panel of 3-5 members will be drawn from the pool of appointees for each case. A quorum of the committee consists of three persons, with at least one faculty member, one student for College Committees and one faculty member and one graduate student for the Graduate/Professional School Committee. In the absence of a quorum, the hearing will be rescheduled. Staff support to the Committee will be provided by the Vice Provost for Conflict Resolution or his/her designee.

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The purpose of an Academic Integrity Committee Hearing is to explore and investigate the incident giving rise to the appearance of academic dishonesty, and to reach an informed conclusion as to whether or not academic dishonesty occurred. In keeping with the ultimate premise and justification of academic life, the duty of all persons at a hearing is to assist in a thorough and honest exposition of all related facts. A hearing is not in the character of a criminal or civil legal proceeding. It is not modeled on these adversarial systems; nor does it serve the same functions; rather, it is an academic process unique to the community of scholars that comprise a University.

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Campus Academic Integrity Executive Committee


Per the University policy established by the Academic Senate:

One faculty member and one student from the Academic Integrity Committee in each College will make up a Campus Academic Integrity Executive Committee. The Executive Committee will:

  • review, on an annual basis, cases addressed through instructors and Student Judicial Affairs; to provide oversight and direction and to ensure that policies and procedures are appropriate and properly applied 
  • hear appeals of primary/non-appellate decisions and sanctions of a College Academic Integrity Committee.

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Student Conduct Committee


Per Section 6.40 of the UCR Administration of Standards:
  • The Student Conduct Committee determines whether students or recognized student organizations have violated the Standards of Conduct and, if so, what action should be taken.
  • The Student Conduct Committee is drawn from a pool of sixteen to assure ready availability of hearing panels: Six undergraduate students, two graduate students, four faculty and four staff are appointed annually by the Executive Vice Chancellor. Faculty members are nominated by the Academic Senate; undergraduate members are appointed by the recognized student government; graduate students are nominated by the Graduate Student Association; and staff are nominated by the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. Students must have completed at least two terms at UCR before serving on the Committee. Students who have been suspended or are on academic or disciplinary probation, evicted from University Housing for reasons related to conduct, or who have a case pending before the Student Conduct Committee are not eligible to serve as committee members.
  • Terms for faculty and staff are two years; students serve for one year (Spring through Spring). Student Conduct Committee members may reapply or be reappointed for additional term(s).
  • A quorum of the committee consists of five persons, with at least one student and one faculty or staff member plus the Chair. In the absence of a quorum, the hearing will be rescheduled.

     

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