Community College Resolution
The Academic Senate for
California Community Colleges
RESOLUTION on Campus Violence and Conflict Resolution
Passed at Fall 1994 Plenary Session (F94-13.1.0)
The Resolution Reads:
WHEREAS in a series of 1993 Spring Session resolutions, the Academic
Senate for California Community Colleges expressed concern about
violence on community college campuses and made recommendations
to local senates on this issue, and
WHEREAS there continues to be concern about violence and hostile
climate on California Community College campuses, therefore
Be it resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community
Colleges recommend to local senates that conflict resolution be
part of curricular offerings and faculty development, and
Be it further resolved that the Academic Senate for California
Community Colleges consider the development of model curriculum
for conflict resolution, and
Be it finally resolved that the Academic Senate for California
Community Colleges develop a background paper and make recommendations
on the faculty role in the development and maintenance of an emotionally
supportive campus climate.
Subsequent to this resolution, the Educational Policies Committee
issued Toward a Nonviolent Campus Climate: Conflict Resolution
1995-96, a report which offers "communication and intervention
skills for faculty to use to avoid an escalating conflict and its
consquences. It is an approach that is not centered upon a framework
of authoritative force; instead it emphasizes communication skills
and the faculty's ability to employ techniques that disengage and
de-escalate potentially dangerous situations." It is available through
the ERIC Clearinghouse, with the number ED 395 6333.
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