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Supporting the Shift: Professional Development for Alternative Grading Practices

open access: yesNew Directions for Community Colleges, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Alternative grading (e.g., contract grading, ungrading, specifications grading) practices have emerged as a promising approach to enhance student success, improve students’ sense of belonging, and make higher education more accessible. This study explores the challenges faced by community college faculty when implementing alternative grading ...
Breana Bayraktar, J. Indigo Eriksen
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping the US Bridgebuilding Field: Situating Organizations in the Ecosystem of Social Change

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the ecosystem of bridge‐building initiatives in the United States. Drawing on an original database of 223 organizations, interviews with 7 staff across 6 organizations, and a literature review related to bridge‐building, polarization, and collective action, we first describe the range of existing initiatives and their ...
Gabrielle Mathews, Karen Ross
wiley   +1 more source

From Custom to Court: The Evolution of Mediation in European Legal Systems

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article traces how European mediation has repeatedly rebalanced three variables—(1) the source of mediator authority, (2) the degree of institutionalization, and (3) the operative meaning of voluntariness—from antiquity to the present. Using three periods—Proto‐Mediation (c. 500 BCE–c. 1750), Classical Mediation (c.
Viktoriia Hamaiunova
wiley   +1 more source

“Efforts to Surface the Unspoken”: A Mixed Methods Study of a Risk‐Informed Check‐In in Norwegian Family Mediation

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In family mediation, emotional discomfort and perceived unsafety may signal deeper relational risks, including postseparation violence. Standard intake procedures in Norwegian family mediation depend on disclosure to a nonclinical administrator before any therapeutic relationship exists, and research documents systematic under‐reporting at ...
Jan Stokkebekk   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Balancing Impartiality and Advocacy: Observations, Lessons, and Suggestions From a Practicing Ombuds

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Universities increasingly rely on ombuds offices as informal, impartial mechanisms for addressing conflict and strengthening institutional trust. Yet the ombuds role is frequently shaped by tension among impartiality, advocacy, and legal accountability. This paper examines the evolution of the Office of the Ombuds at the University of Maryland,
Brian Godette, Roger Ward, Leandra Cate
wiley   +1 more source

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