Designing Conflict Resolution on Campuses

This site is intended with an admittedly utopian goal in mind – that ultimately, conflict will be resolved with no third-party intervention.  Two or more people who find themselves in a dispute will have the tools, will and confidence needed to resolve the problem amongst their selves and not need any further assistance.  But we fully acknowledge that this is a lofty goal which may be practically unattainable in our current society.  Here we attempt to ensure that fallback measures are in place if and when third-party intervention is required.

Another concept that we humbly ask while you read this document is to keep your mind open to other possible solutions.  There is no document in the world that can consider every detail of a particular conflict and every situation is unique.  We ask you to emphasize the alternative aspect of alternative dispute resolution.  What we set forth here are ideas that have been implemented at various institutions in our experience, but your institution or program should have a system that is tailored to the needs and culture of your stakeholders’ uniqueness.

Campus Programs - Nationwide

We are currently working on the CNCR Higher Education Conflict Management Database.

While we are doing so,  please refer to the Campus Mediation Program Directory from Campus-ADR.org.

Campus Programs - Georgia

For a list of the colleges, universities and institutes in the University System of Georgia (USG), please see our map, where you can locate individual campuses.

Sections

We also offer:

• System Design in the USG set forth by the Initiative and Policy Direction on Conflict Resolution.
• Conflict on Campuses: a look at the Nature of Conflict that can be unique to campuses of higher education; and
• Dispute Processing on Campus: examples of processes used by campuses to deal with their conflict. 

For more resources that may assist in developing your CMS, visit the Program Incubator from Campus-ADR.org.