Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 5, Number 1, (Sept 2004), which discusses the proliferation of graduate coursework in peace and conflict studies to, “consider how peace and conflict type programs are created and developed, reflect on their prospects and problems, and introduce topics that I believe
will have to be dealt with in the future.”
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Preparing pre-service educators to break up fights — before they happen
Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 4, Number 1, (Oct. 2003), which discusses a project by the North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention — Center for the Prevention of School Violence (DJJDP Center), to prepare future teachers to effectively manage conflict.
Mediation: An effective way to restore collegiality & shared governance in dysfunctional university
Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 3, Number 1, (Oct 2002), which discusses the use of mediation to settle disputes among university personnel and reestablish collegiality.
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.
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.
Culture of honesty earns a degree of respect, A: Facilitating academic honesty at the University of
Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 2, Number 3, (May 2002), discusses the University of Georgia’s mediation policies and procedures for resolving academic dishonesty disputes.
Partnership paradigm, A: A case study in research assistant and faculty interaction
Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 2, Number 1, (Oct 2001), which “offer[s] a case study of our intentional effort to change the typical power relationship between most RAs [research assistants] and faculty members, we believe this approach, which we call the partnership paradigm, provides an opportunity for effective and mutually enriching experiences for both faculty and students serving as research assistants.”
Using WebQuests to promote integrative thinking in conflict studies
Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 1, Number 4 , (Nov/Dec 2000), introducing WebQuests which, “are online curriculum modules which engage students in learning about an authentic topic or problem, generally, WebQuests are cooperative activities where students assume different roles relative to an authentic problem.”
Collaboration and conflict resolution skills: A core academic competency?
Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 1, Number 4, (Nov/Dec 2000), examines “an innovative program at California State University Monterey Bay [which] has incorporated conflict resolution as one of the program’s 11 Major Learning Objectives that students must know and understand in order to graduate.”
Harnessing the power of the World Wide Web for conflict studies courses
Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 1, Number 3, (August/September 2000), which “presents a range of ways that relevant information from the web can be located quickly and used to good advantage by faculty teaching conflict studies courses or workshops.”
Current trends in graduate ADR programs: Preliminary findings
Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 1, Number 2, (March/April 2000), which “presents a few preliminary findings from a two-year study of all graduate ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) and CR (Conflict Resolution) programs in the United States, the study concentrates on 45 areas of inquiry utilizing semi-structured interviews of program directors and coordinators concerning issues such as the growth and direction of their programs.”
ASJA mediation component gaining strength
Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 1, Number 2, (March/April 2000), presenting the Association for Student Judicial Affairs (ASJA) and events and programs at their Twelfth Annual International Conference.
Making things right: Restorative justice comes to campuses
Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 1, Number 1, (Jan/Feb 2000), discussing the use of restorative justice principles for “creative options to traditional justice systems, options which are flexible enough to allow positive productive responses to a variety of offenses or violations and which also meet the unique needs of the University community.”
New national conflict resolution information initiative launched
Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 1, Number 1, (Jan/Feb 2000), introducing the Conflict Resolution Information Project (CRInfo), a cooperative effort to strengthen the conflict field’s information infrastructure.
Building for the future: Connecting up with high school mediation program alumni
Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, (Volume 1, Number 1, Jan/Feb 2000), which puts a call out to people and organizations interested in helping to build a national networking system for high school mediation program alumni as they continue their eduacation often at colleges and universities with no mediation programs.