Our Vision
A safe and scholarly community in which students navigate conflict in a peaceful, socially just, and self-reflexive manner.
Our Mission
OSCR 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. OSCR offers a full-spectrum menu of conflict resolution pathways. These include Facilitated Dialogue, Restorative Justice Circles, Shuttle Negotiation, Social Justice Mediation, as well as the Formal Conflict Resolution process as described by the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities. The Statement is a community-owned expression of Michigan's values that outline both the rights that U-M students enjoy as well as responsibilities they accept as members of this community. OSCR continually strives to Build Trust, Promote Justice, and Teach Peace.
Our Values:
As detailed in the Statement, the University is dedicated to supporting and maintaining a scholarly community. As its central purpose, this community promotes intellectual inquiry through vigorous discourse. Values which undergird this purpose include civility, dignity, diversity, education, equality, equity, freedom, honesty, and safety.
Our Work:
Build Trust
OSCR builds trust by conducting an operation that is educationally focused, student-driven, and community-owned through:
- Supporting the amendment process of the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities that is revised and approved by students, faculty and staff
- Collaborating with students, student groups, student leaders and campus departments
Promote Justice
OSCR promotes justice by facilitating conflict resolution for the Michigan community and creating a just and safe campus climate through:
- Administering the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities with compassion, integrity, and fairness
- Implementing related university policies and developing procedures that provide adaptable conflict resolution
Teach Peace
OSCR teaches peace by serving as a campus resource for conflict management through:
- Providing proactive and preventive educational programming for students, student groups and campus departments
- Striving to set the national standard for campus conflict resolution
Participating in the Conflict Resolution Process
Our conflict resolution pathways, services, and procedures are designed to be student-centered and accessible to all members of our community. Please review the topic hubs below to learn more about participating in the conflict resolution process.