Over the years, CRLT has developed guidance to help instructors facilitate classroom discussion when controversial or tragic incidents become foremost in students' minds. Here is a set of general guidelines to use whenever controversy arises: CRLT Guidelines for Facilitating Discussions on Controversial or High-Stakes Topics
 

In the past, guidelines were developed for the following topics:

• Guidelines for Instructors Handling Class Discussion on Racial Conflict and the Language of Hate, Bias, and Discrimination
• Guidelines for Instructors Handling Class Discussion of CyberBullying and Expressions of Anti-Gay Sentiment
• Guidelines for Instructors Handling Class Discussion on Affirmative Action
• Guidelines for Instructors Handling Class Discussion of Hurricane Katrina
• Guidelines for Instructors Handling Class Discussion of the Tsunami
• Guidelines for Instructors Concerning Class Discussions about War in Iraq
• Guidance for UM Instructors Leading Class Discussions on the Tragedy of September 11, 2001