Campus mediators and civil liability

Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 3, Number 2, (Feb 2003), which discusses campus mediator liability and the need for mediator immunity legislation. Includes bibliography.

Community mediation centers and campus mediation

Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 3, Number 2, (February 2003), which “presents some of the similarities between campus mediation work and that of community mediation centers and provides readers of the Report with more information on some of the potential benefits of membership in the National Association for Community Mediation (NAFCM).”

Researching campus conflict management culture(s): A role for ombuds?

Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 3, Number 1, (Oct 2002), whose “purpose in this article is to briefly explore a somewhat expanded role set for the ombuds, one that includes the ombuds as researcher … I suggest here that the ombuds is in a unique position to serve as a guide or “primary informant” … to researchers interested in campus organizational culture and subculture, especially as it relates to conflict-related behaviors and beliefs.” Includes bibliography.

Confessions of a low-tech social scientist

Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 3, Number 1, (Oct 2002), which discusses the development of a web-based class in conflict resolution.

Leadership development: Conflict management for college student leaders

Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 3, Number 1, (Oct 2002), which “examines the effectiveness of conflict management skills intervention training on the conflict management style of college student organizational presidents, key leaders within the larger campus community.” Includes bibliography.

Place to work things out, A

Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 2, Number 4, (July 2002), which presents the idea of personal narrative model of mediation and the work at Oberlin College using this model.

Extending campus conflict resolution efforts beyond the mediation table

Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 2, Number 3, (May 2002), which “describes creative responses to campus conflict that don’t rely on mediation as their central strategy or approach, providing links to online examples when available.”

Slouching towards inclusion

Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 2, Number 3, (May 2002), which discusses the need for diversity in the field of conflict resolution and examples of challenges and solutions when creating diversity within the conflict resolution team is a primary factor.

Intake hints

Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 2, Number 2, (Feb 2002), which examines intake procedures and scheduling issues for community mediation, based on work done by “Neighborhood Dispute Settlement Program of Dauphin County (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania), … a community mediation program which receives referrals from criminal justice entities.”