By Alexia Boyarsky, UCLA Daily Bruin Four weeks ago, a college dropout with a history of mental instability and threatening behavior walked into a Safeway supermarket in Tucson, Ariz., and opened fire on the crowd. Although events as violent as this are uncommon at UCLA, they are likely to make people more aware of their …
Category Archive: School/Campus violence
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Jan 25 2011
From Arizona Shootings, Teachable Moments
By Ed Schmidt , The Huffington Post In April 2007, I was at a national school conference in San Francisco. Coming out of the general session I was surprised to see the name of my alma mater scrolling on a news marquee. March Madness was long over and football season had months to go before …
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Jan 24 2011
NC: Colleges might bar students for safety reasons
By Jane Stancill, The Charlotte Observer The state’s community colleges could soon be able to deny admission to applicants who appear to pose a health or safety threat. On Friday, the State Board of Community Colleges voted to amend the system’s long-standing open-door admissions policy. The change would allow the 58 colleges to refuse to …
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Jan 19 2011
Colleges struggle to cope with troubled students
from The Associated Press The case of Arizona shooting suspect Jared Loughner, suspended from his community college last fall after a pattern of bizarre behavior, provides another jarring reminder of the challenges colleges face dealing with troubled students. With limited resources, complicated laws, more students in need of mental health help and echoes of the …
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Oct 13 2010
UK: Attacks on Teachers – Figures paint a shocking picture
from The Press and Journal Figures obtained by this newspaper showing the number of attacks on teachers in Aberdeenshire paint a shocking picture of violence and intimidation. In the two years since Aberdeenshire Council began collecting statistics on violence towards staff, there have been 710 incidents. Teachers, like pupils, deserve to be able to work …
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