The Office of Student Conflict Resolution provides a variety of programs and services designed to support a safe, just and peaceful community, and to help Michigan students learn how to manage and resolve conflict peacefully.
Conflicts Involving Other Students
Conflict between Faculty/Staff and Students
Student Sexual & Gender-Based Misconduct & Other Forms of Interpersonal Violence
Both you and the other person should be respectful and feel respected at all times during an argument. If you can feel the tension rising in the room (e.g. escalated voices, inappropriate language) use your words to bring attention to this. It might be more constructive to walk away and return to the issue at a later time.
Consultations may take place in person or over the phone, and may be scheduled in advance or requested on a “drop in” basis. Consultations are meant to provide people with information and to empower them with multiple options to respond to a conflict.
Terms associated with Statement violations are not defined within the Statement. The following explanations are provided as examples of various interpretations that exist for terms used in the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities.
The Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities is a community-owned document that sets forth the University’s values and expectations for resolving conflicts and is intended to maintain a campus climate that supports learning for all students. Similar to policies articulating standards for academic behavior within the University’s schools and colleges, the Statement sets forth the expectations for non-academic behavior for all undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor.
While at the initial stages of a case, OSCR may dismiss a complaint as baseless or otherwise unsupported by the evidence, or determine that the alleged behavior does not fit within the purview of the Statement. Beyond this initial review, OSCR’s role is to ensure that the Resolution Process is followed.