Reframing Campus Conflict

by Schrage, Jennifer Meyer; Giacomini, Nancy Geist; Stoner, Edward N.

• ISBN13: 9781579224080
• ISBN10: 1579224083
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-30
• Publisher: Stylus Pub Llc

Summary

How many hate or bias incidents occurred on your campus this past year? Did any students opt out of filing formal charges? How many completed a formal resolution process, and what happened? Would you have liked to have other conflict resolution options? 'œThis publication is endorsed by ASCA as a collaborative, collegial new lens through which to consider how social justice practices and student conduct administration can come together to inform best practices in conduct and conflict management on college and university campuses."- Tamara J. King, J.D., 2009 President, Association for Student Conduct Administration Social justice theory provides the lens for expanding our conception of student conduct administration, and the foundation for considering systemic changes in practice ' changes that are vital to address the concerns and issues raised by an increasingly diverse student population. Using this lens, this book casts new light on existing principles and current practices; makes issues of power, privilege and oppression manifest; and offers a vision for expanding resolution practices to empower today's students to resolve their own conflicts. Complementing the Model Student Disciplinary Code, this book opens up a whole new range of approaches and models that readers can adapt to their institutional circumstances. Starting from the principle that systems and models are vehicles through which to act on our values, and by focusing on such core values as the commitment to student development, freedom of expression, diversity, accessibility, individual rights and shared responsibilities in a community of learners, the contributors reveal the utility and contemporary relevance of a number of underutilized resolution practices. Part I provides a framework for transforming student conduct administration using conflict resolution methods and social and restorative justice practices. Part II, devotes a chapter to explaining each of the seven 'œSpectrum Model Pathways' to conflict resolution that form the core of this book: Dialogue, Conflict Coaching, Facilitated Dialogue, Mediation, Restorative Justice Practices, Shuttle Diplomacy, and traditional formal student conduct processes informed by social justice theory. Part III provides practical application tools for the ideas presented in this text, including discussion of change management and assessment, and concludes with an overview of programs from across the country using inclusive conflict resolution methods in student conduct work. This is a book for anyone concerned about issues of access and justice for all students ' regardless of race, sexual orientation, belief, or ability ' and seeking to develop and implement restorative and safe practices for their campus community.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Endorsement	p. xiii
Foreword	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Responding to Conflict on Campus: Foundations For Student Affairs Educators
Building Community in the Current Campus Climate	p. 7
When Student Learning and Law Merge to Create Educational Student Conflict Resolution and Effective Conduct Management Programs	p. 22
Why Objectivity Is Not Enough	p. 50
The Critical Role of Social Justice in Campus Conduct and Conflict Work
Providing A Spectrum of Resolution Options	p. 65
Pathways within the Spectrum Model
Moving toward a Healthier Climate for Conflict Resolution Through Dialogue	p. 87
The Art of Conflict Coaching	p. 100
Transferring Interpersonal and Group Conflict Resolution Skills to a One-on-One Setting
Facilitated Dialogue	p. 112
An Overview and Introduction for Student Conduct Professionals	p. 112
Models of Mediation Practice	p. 126
Restorative Justice from theory to Practice	p. 140
Reading the Scripts	p. 155
Balancing Authority and Social Support in the Restorative Justice Conference and the Student Conduct Hearing Board
Using Shuttle Diplomacy to Resolve Campus Conflict	p. 175
Incorporating Principles of Conflict Resolution and Social Justice into Formal Student Conduct Code Pathways	p. 181
Sustainable innovation
Using Needs Assessment and Deliberative Planning to Enhance Conflict Systems Development	p. 197
Sustaining a Worthy Investment	p. 208
Assessing Conflict Resolution Programs
Teaching Social Justice on Campus for Self-Awareness, Community Sustainability, and Systems Change	p. 219
An Implementation Model	p. 227
Campus Conduct and Conflict Management at the University of Michigan
U-M Division of Student Affairs Office of Student Conflict Resolution and Housing Student Conflict Resolution Staff
Sharing Stories
Program Innovations of Our Colleagues
About the Editors	p. 259
About the Contributors	p. 261
Index	p. 267
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