A Statement of Campus Standards

Being a student at a world-class institution confers privilege, prestige, and unique opportunity, but it also obligates you to meet a set of standards and to fulfill certain expectations. I ask only three things from you as a student in our academic community: scholarship, leadership, and citizenship. If you deliver these and hold to the values articulated below, your time at UCSB will be more meaningful and what you take away at graduation will be infinitely more valuable.

Integrity in Academic Pursuits

In an institution where the search for knowledge and truth is the primary goal, integrity in teaching, learning, research, and scholarship is paramount. Dishonesty undermines our common missions. This translates into the obvious: write your own papers, take your own tests, do your own work.

Respect and Consideration in Interactions with Others

The real test of this value comes when we encounter people whose backgrounds, beliefs, and world views differ from our own. If your educational experience is all that it should be, you will graduate prepared to navigate a society that comprises many different kinds of people. You will also graduate having seen and understood different world views, and will perhaps expand your own.

Mutual respect is a non-negotiable. What this means is that there are some boundaries that should not be crossed.  Intolerant and disrespectful behavior, especially regarding race, sexual orientation, gender, ethnicity, and religion, compromises our sense of community and our ability to live and learn together.

Free, Open, and Respectful Exchange of Ideas

UC Santa Barbara will always be a vigorous protector of the First Amendment and students' rights to assemble peaceably and to express their beliefs, experiences, and opinions through speech and media. Furthermore, our community values and Principles of Community are built on the respectful exchange of ideas and adherence to our Time, Place, and Manner regulations. For the wellbeing of our campus community members, we encourage all students to exercise their rights in a civil and respectful way.

Contributions to and Participation in the Community

We should all serve the campus and community while we are here. Contributing to the community can take the form of simply being a good citizen, being considerate of neighbors, cleaning up the campus and community, volunteering at a school or social service in town, or helping to raise money for charity.

— Michael Miller
Interim Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs