Informal Pathways

Conflict Coaching

Conflict coaching often develops from a person’s desire to gain perspective on a conflict they are in with another community member. A person can sit down with a third party to discuss some methods of resolving the issue. If you would like some conflict coaching, the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities would be happy to put you in contact with someone who can help.

Mediation

Mediation is an entirely voluntary process, wherein all parties of a conflict agree to sit down with a facilitator to develop an agreement that resolves the issue. If you are involved in a situation that could benefit from some multipartial mediation, the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities can help.

Restorative Justice Practices

Restorative justice practices are employed when there is a clear harm done by one party to another. The person that committed a harm can meet with the harmed parties to discuss what happened and how they can make amends. People can use this in their own relations on their own, or they can seek out help from a third party to help facilitate a restorative justice conference. If you would like such help, the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities can put you in to contact with someone trained in restorative justice.

Agreed Resolution

Whenever a harm to the community or a policy violation may have occurred, the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities reserves the right to offer this informal resolution pathway. The student will receive an invitation from a Resolution Coordinator to meet. In this meeting, the RC and the student will discuss what happened in the situation, what issues and policies were involved, what harm was caused, and how the student could remedy this situation. The goal is for the RC and student to collaboratively develop an Agreed Resolution for this incident. If this does not occur, or if the student prefers, the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities will turn to formal adjudication pathways to resolve the situation.