How does the adjudicating officer decide if I violated the Code of Student Conduct?
The “Preponderance of Evidence” is the measuring stick by which we make a decision as to your responsibility. UCI uses the Preponderance of Evidence standard in order to find a student or student organization responsible for violating the Code of Student Conduct. A student or student organization is not responsible for violating the Code of Student Conduct unless evidence suggests that it was more than 50% likely that a rule was violated. Another way of stating it, “Is it more likely than not that a policy was violated?
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