Student Conduct Peer Review Board
Overview
The Peer Review Board (PRB) hears conduct cases from a restorative justice, community-oriented mindset and is a peer-based alternative to meeting with a staff member one-on-one in the student conduct process. Peer Review Board members have been helpful in getting students connected to resources, rethinking policy from a community-focused and student perspective, and, most importantly, giving students a voice in the conduct process.
What is the Peer Review Board?
The Peer Review Board process mirrors the typical conduct process, with the only difference being that student peers review, hear, and make a decision regarding findings of responsibility and determining applicable student conduct outcomes rather than the case being heard by an individual conduct specialist. All student rights and responsibilities, processes, and appeal guidelines remain the same.
Starting with the 2024-2025 academic year, two separate Peer Review Boards meet twice a week and hear separate student conduct cases. Each board has approximately five voting members, one non-voting CUIP, and receives support from the Advisor.
For reference, you can compare the traditional student conduct process and the Peer Review Board process using this visual flowchart.
Questions/How to contact us
We are always open to your questions, comments and feedback regarding the UCSC Peer Review Board. Please feel free to contact us at any time at prb@ucsc.edu.
Testimonial
The zoom meeting I attended was very helpful and everyone was friendly and I feel a bit more connected to the university because of that. I have loved spending spring quarter on campus and I hope to live on campus again. I'm excited for my next year at UCSC.
Peer Review Board Schedule
Each Peer Review Board meets twice a week throughout the academic year while observing university closures, breaks, and finals weeks.
Students are notified of their meeting date, time, and Zoom link (all meetings are held via Zoom) in the incident review meeting letter that they receive via email.
