Exhibit For Standard One

Standard 1:Institutional Purposes and Educational Objectives

Standards 1.1-1.3: Institutional Purposes

Standard 1.1: Clear Purposes and Operational Practices

• 1.1-1 System Mission Statement - 2005-06 UC Merced Catalog, p. 10
• 1.1-2 UC Merced Mission Statement

Standard 1.2: Educational Objectives Consistent with Purposes

• 1.2-1 Guiding Principles for General Education - 2005-06 UC Merced Catalog, p. 44
• 1.2-2 Outcomes for Academic Programs

Standard 1.3 Institutional Leadership

• 1.3-1 Senior Management Group: Organization Charts UC Merced Leadership
• 1.3-2 Brief Biographies and CV's of Senior Administration
• 1.3-3 Senate Bylaws
• 1.3-4 Senate Regulations
• Student Affairs Organizational Chart - see 2.13-5

Standards 1.4-1.9: Integrity

Standard 1.4: Commitment to Academic Freedom

• 1.4-1 Academic Personnel Manual (APM) on academic freedom
• 1.4-2 Academic Personnel Manual (APM), due process
  • http://www.ucop.edu/acadadv/acadpers/apm/apm-015.pdf
  • http://www.ucop.edu/acadadv/acadpers/apm/apm-016.pdf
  • see also Academic Senate Bylaws 334-337
• 1.4-3 UCM Divisional Privilege and Tenure Committee: charge, members
• 1.4-4 Due Process, Grievance Procedures for Students - Part VII-Student Handbook
• Due Process, Grievance Procedures for Staff
  • 1.4-5 Complaint Resolution Process for Staff Personnel
  • 1.4-6 Resolution of Concerns - Managers and Senior Professionals, Salary Grades VIII and IX
  • 1.4-7 Senior Management Group - Resolution of Concerns

Standard 1.5: Commitment to Diversity

• 1.5-1 UCM Diversity in Hiring Statement, all postings:The University of California at Merced is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity among its faculty, staff, and students.
• 1.5-2 Published Diversity Policy - 2005-06 UC Merced Catalog, p. 121
• 1.5-3 Principles of Community - 2005-06 UC Merced Catalog, p. 10

Standard 1.6: Appropriate Autonomy

1.6 Regents' Policies on Non-interference

• Regents' Bylaw 5.1(f)
• (this Bylaw is directly from the State Constitution) Regents' Standing Order 101.1(d) - ("No political test shall ever be considered in the appointment and promotion of any faculty member or employee")

Standard 1.7: Published Information and Policies

• 1.7-1 2005-06 UC Merced Catalog
• 1.7-2 Interim Student Handbook
• 1.7-3 Sample Transcript Form
• 1.7-4 Refund Policy - 2005-06 UC Merced Catalog, pp. 19-20
• 1.7-5 Human Subjects Policy

Standard 1.8: Sound Business Policies and Practices

• 1.8-1 UC Accounting Manual
• 1.8-2 Financial Bulletins
• 1.8-3 UC Policy on External Audit
• 1.8-4 Other Financial Audit Requirements
• 1.8-5 University Audit Program
• 1.8-6 University Auditor
• 1.8-9 UC Business and Finance Annual Financial Reports

• Grievance Procedures: see 1.4-2, 1.4-3, 1.4-4, 1.4-5

Standard 1.9: Open Communication with Accrediting Commission

• 1.9 Commitment to Accreditation