Reframing Campus Conflict

by Jennifer Meyer Schrage (Editor), Nancy Geist Giacomini (Editor), Karen D. Boyd (Preface)

This fully revised and updated second edition builds upon the original vision of the first, which was to give voice to diverse and inclusive perspectives, identities, and practices and to enact the principle that student conduct and conflict response must be based upon foundations of social justice and restorative justice to disrupt and transform overly legalistic and escalated management applications in student conduct administration. The Spectrum Model (Schrage & Thompson, 2008) approach centers advocacy for inclusive conflict excellence by expanding traditional adjudication pathways to include dialogue, conflict coaching, mediation, restorative practices, and shuttle diplomacy for a more robust and inclusive expression of conflict and conduct practices. In the intervening decade, this co-edited work has become more relevant than ever as colleges and universities continue to be the targets of litigation, activists, lawmakers and public officials who have, for instance, changed the Title IX rules for responding to sexual misconduct. Civility, hate crimes, activism, immigration, nationalism, and free speech are all again on the forefront of challenges impacting the current campus climate.New chapters cover these and other issues including the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic response and impact on equity and justice in higher education, and amplified calls for racial justice and police reform. The book is further enhanced by chapter case studies, summaries and questions for dialogue, to encourage further reflection by the reader and bolster the usefulness of the work as a textbook and campus training guide. The second edition is a must-have resource for broad stakeholders invested in inclusive conflict excellence and principled leadership in education in the midst of a shifting and increasingly polarized landscape. This includes legal counsel, higher education presidents, senior student affairs administrators and faculty leadership as well as student conduct practitioners across conduct boards, hearing and appeal officers, residential and organizational staff engaged in student facing campus climate work. Reframing Campus Conflict further offers transferable content that supports inclusive conflict excellence inquiry and application in graduate programs, K-12, special education and human resource management practices. This book is for all educators, administrators, practitioners and leaders committed to engaging campus conflict work through the inclusive lenses of social, restorative, transformative and procedural justice.This is also available as a set with Student Conduct Practice, Second Edition.

Genres: Nonfiction

430 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Hailee Bowman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great foundational read for those new to this approach to student conduct work. Currently a bit outdated, but thankfully that can be partially credited to how widespread these practices have since been adopted at higher education institutions.

[Amy Miele · Rating 3 out of 5]

Outdated at this point but great for its time

[Jake Kasper · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book for managing conflict on college campus and adjusting punitive systems of student behavior management.

[Greg · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fantastic compilation of information for a very specific audience (which happens to include me). I particularly enjoyed Part I which lays the foundation for this type of work as well as the final two chapters which showcase a number of diverse examples of these practices on different campuses. Part II was an excellent overview of each pathway with great references for further reading on each. My one negative were the first three chapters of Part III. I felt they were too rushed and didn't add much to what had already been presented. While I believe assessment is important, I felt the assessment chapters were too elementary and didn't focus enough on how specifically to assess these types of programs. Overall, highly recommended if you work in student conduct or conflict resolution services at an educational institution.

[Tyler · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book all out of order, really just taking the pieces I needed at the time but eventually finished it. Great book on different ways to look at conduct stuff that I wasn't getting from the other books. I found it unique.

***Special note: My sweet students bought me this book right after I accepted a new position that would involve leaving them. Because the are the best. I was so touched that they cared so much about me and my nervousness about entering a new area of Student Affairs. It's even a signed copy. I miss my ASB students daily I was so lucky to be their advisor :)

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

A must read for anyone who works in student conduct. Lots of great resources!!

[Christopher · Rating 4 out of 5]

great resource on social justice meets code of conduct, including some models-