The Special Collections Room

The Campus-adr project has as one of it's goals to collect and then make available hard-to-find materials that are of use to folks working in the higher education conflict resolution niche. We still have work to do developing our "gray literature" archive, and YOU can help by submitting shareable items related to campus conflict resolution or the teaching of conflict studies using our online contribution form.

Several valuable collections of information are already posted online to get us started.

  Dissertations & Thesis on Campus Conflict Issues
  Higher Ed Articles from NAME's 4th R
  Conflict Studies Syllabi Sampler

Dissertations and Thesis on Campus Conflict Issues

A surprising number of students have chosen to study conflict in higher education or related issues. These students toil for countless hours on their thesis or dissertation, but most often the results of their work goes unnoticed. To help make better use of their work, we've gathered a collection of thesis abstracts which can be browsed. If you have identified a study you'd like to read fully, most often the full dissertation or thesis is available via UMI's Dissertation Express service or via interlibrary loan.

Articles from the former National Association for Mediation in Education's 4th R

In 1985 an association was born devoted to supporting the use of mediation in educational settings. The group, known as NAME (the National Association for Mediation in Education) published a regular newsletter called the 4th R. NAME had a higher education committee (Bill Warters served as chair of this committee for a time) and quite a few articles relating to campus conflict resolution were published in the newsletter. For a while this was the only consistent source of information on campus conflict resolution work. In 1997 NAME merged with the National Institute for Dispute Resolution, forming CREnet (the Conflict Resolution Education Network). Since then CREnet has merged with a number of other national groups to form the Association for Conflict Resolution.

With permission from NAME/CREnet, we have posted a number of the old 4th R articles so that they might may remain available.

• Boskey, J. (1995). Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Law Schools. The Fourth R 55(Feb/March).
• Flory, G. L. (1997). Conflict Resolution Across the curriculum. Fourth R 79(Aug./Sept.).
• Gadlin, H. (1991). Racial and Ethnic Conflict on Campus. The Fourth R 33(June/July).
• Griffin, T. (1995). The Evolution of the Role of Ombudsperson on University and College Campuses. Fourth R 55(Feb./Mar.).
• Jefferson, M. (1997). Diversity Training. Fourth R 79(Aug./Sept. 1997): 17-19.
• Karlson, K. (1991). From a Predominantly White Campus to a Culturally Diverse Campus: Implications for Mediation. The Fourth R 33(June/July).
• Katz, N. (1995). What's In a Name?: Capturing the Essence of Campus Mediation. The Fourth R 55(Feb/March): 7, 15, 26.
• Leal, R. (1995). To Be or Not to Be: Conflict resolution as a discipline. Fourth R 55(Feb/Mar 1995).
• Levine, N. Z. (1997). Challenges of Sexual Harassment Mediation on Campus. The Fourth R 79(Aug/Sept): 19-21.
• Rule, C. (1994). Collegiate Mediation Programs: A Critical Review. The Fourth R 50(April/May): 36-37.
• Warters, B. (1991). Mediation on Campus: A History and Planning Guide. The Fourth R 45(June/July): 4-5.
• Warters, B. (1995). Making the Case for Campus Mediation. The Fourth R 55(February/March): 1, 9-11.

Conflict Studies Syllabi Sampler

Many faculty are now developing new courses in conflict studies due to growing interest in the field. The campus-adr staff, with permission from the former National Insititute for Dispute Resolution and the current Association for Conflict Resolution (the successor organization to NIDR), has posted a collection of more than 75 sample syllabi. These course outlines are from a range of types of programs and cover a broad set of topics. The searchable and browseable collection is housed in our Classroom Building. Click here to view the syllabi sampler.