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Arizona Community Colleges and Hawaii’s Entire University System Join Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus
Arizona Community Colleges and Hawaii’s Entire University System Join Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Thursday, June 24th 2010   
Press Release from PRNewswire The Maricopa Community Colleges in Arizona, representing 10 schools, and the entire Hawaii University system, including its three main universities and seven community colleges, joined the Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus. Each school system signed resolutions in support of keeping loaded firearms off its campuses to protect students, faculty and staff from gun violence. (See complete list of the universities which have joined the Campaign: http://www.keepgunsoffcampus.com/list.html). The Maricopa Community [+]
Give Us the Truth About School Violence
Give Us the Truth About School Violence
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Thursday, June 17th 2010   
By Jack Stollsteimer, Education Week The Obama administration recently announced its intention to ask Congress for significant changes to the little-loved No Child Left Behind law when it reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Sadly, the administration’s “blueprint for reform” doesn’t mention the NCLB provisions that should concern every parent: those designed to stop the rising epidemic of violence in the nation’s schools. This oversight is understandable, considering that the current U.S. secretary of education [+]
Feds: Virginia Tech violated law in 07 massacre
Feds: Virginia Tech violated law in 07 massacre
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Wednesday, May 19th 2010   
By Larry O'Dell , Associated Press The U.S. Department of Education found that Virginia Tech broke federal campus security laws by waiting too long to notify students during the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history, a report released Tuesday said. Tech disputed the department's findings, saying university officials met standards in effect at the time of the shootings three years ago and that the report is colored by "hindsight bias." It argues that the government is [+]
Schools ready for crisis
Schools ready for crisis
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Thursday, April 29th 2010   
from Pierce County Herald.com In this day and age of mass shootings and terrorism, besides the continuing possibility of natural disasters, Ellsworth school officials are ready to respond. A school crisis plan has been compiled by district administrators and approved by the local school board. The 35-page document is intended to guide officials through the first steps of their response to a crisis and is subject to ongoing updates. The plan begins with a checklist of actions to [+]
Three years after VT massacre, FBI reports on violent attacks on campuses
Three years after VT massacre, FBI reports on violent attacks on campuses
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Wednesday, April 21st 2010   
By Leischen Stelter, Security Director News On the third anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre that left 32 people dead, the government has issued a report on the prevalence and growth of violent attacks on the campuses of the nation’s institutions of higher education. The report, Campus Attacks: Targeted Violence Affecting Institutions Of Higher Education, evaluated attacks on college campuses from 1900-2008 and was released by the FBI, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education [+]
Columbine Author Speaks at Longwood
Columbine Author Speaks at Longwood
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Friday, March 26th 2010   
By Brooke Brennan, The Rotunda Dave Cullen is a renowned journalist and well-known author. His most famous creation, his book Columbine, is a deep-seated portrayal of the murderers, the victims, and the community's reaction to the Columbine High School shootings that took place on April 20, 1999. Due to his in-depth and highly intellectual analysis of the school massacre, Cullen is considered a leading authority on the Columbine killers: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. His book claimed [+]
Development workshops address safety, violence on campus
Development workshops address safety, violence on campus
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Thursday, March 25th 2010   
By Chakris Kussalanant, asu news Who would you call if you were concerned about someone’s safety? Do you know what resources are available to handle difficult behaviors in the workplace? What would you do if someone told you about a potentially threatening situation? The ASU Police and Office of Human Resources (OHR) will answer these and many other important questions during a series of professional development workshops geared to address issues of safety and violence on campus. [+]
VA: Bill on campus threat response passes after open records deal
VA: Bill on campus threat response passes after open records deal
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Tuesday, March 23rd 2010   
By Brian McNeill, DailyProgress.com The General Assembly approved a measure March 13th that would allow campus threat assessment teams to discuss internally criminal and mental health records of students deemed to be a potential threat to safety. The teams — which include law enforcement, university administration, mental health providers, residence life officials and others — were formed on each of Virginia’s public university campuses in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007. The new legislation, sponsored [+]
How to Choose a Safe College or University
How to Choose a Safe College or University
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Wednesday, March 10th 2010   
Press Release from ADT Security Services Despite terrible incidents of violence that have been reported on a few college and university campuses in the U.S. and Canada, most are generally safe places. However, there are many common campus crimes such as theft, robbery, rape and assault that regularly occur. In fact, the U.S. Department of Justice reports that one in five women will be the victim of attempted or actual sexual assault during their college [+]
Story of UAH Shootings Takes on Broader Dimensions
Story of UAH Shootings Takes on Broader Dimensions
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Tuesday, February 23rd 2010   
By Roger Shuler, OpEdNews.com Coverage of the fatal shootings at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) so far has focused on the crime itself and the background of the alleged perpetrator, neuroscientist Amy Bishop. But we are seeing signs of a more complex story starting to emerge, one that includes a focus on the workplace environment at UAH--and the actions and inactions of University of Alabama officials. A prominent UAH alum says the university should [+]

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