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How to play nicely with colleagues on campus.
Since Dr. P.M. Forni of Johns Hopkins University MD published Choosing Civility: The 25 Rules of Considerate Conduct in 2002, new interest in civility is sweeping campuses. Some faculty and staff assume it's a student issue. Don't grown-ups treat each other just fine?
Not always, says George Brelsford, associate VP for student affairs and dean of students at Rowan University NJ. Starting from Forni's 25 rules, he led a session on colleague-to-colleague civility at a PaperClip Communications conference at American University DC in January.
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Four words sum up the message of Forni's book, he said: "Don't be a jerk." Most people are civil most of the time but it doesn't take much to harm relationships and sully the campus atmosphere. Those who want to teach students civility must model it themselves.
"If you're thinking about civil behavior, you start seeing uncivil behavior everywhere," he told WIHE. Time pressure, competition and hierarchy can lead faculty and staff to interact disrespectfully.
Campus politics
"University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small." Often attributed to Henry Kissinger, this quip reflects a common experience. Power and politics are part of every conversation on campus.
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