Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities
Student Mediation Process
Boise State University offers mediation services for disputes through a cooperative partnership between the Boise State University Conflict Management Program and the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities. Student members of the University community can send disputes to mediation if all parties agree and if the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities agrees that mediation is appropriate.
Mediation is a voluntary, informal, and confidential method for addressing disputes involving students and other members of the University.
Mediation is not arbitration. The trained mediator(s) will not come up with a solution or impose it upon the parties. The mediator(s) will not choose a side and attempt to get the other party to agree. The role of the mediator(s) is to make sure that the parties involved clearly communicate with each other and attempt to resolve their own dispute. Mediators do not solve the problem, but instead assist the disputing parties in coming to a mutually agreed upon out to end the conflict and assist them in creating a lasting resolution to the issue.
Mediation can be requested by either party in a dispute by contacting the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities. Mediators will be selected from a list of trained mediators provided by the Office of Conflict Management Services and the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities.
For further information on the Student Mediation Program, please contact the Office of Student Rights & Responsibilities.