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, [...]

By Leischen Stelter, Security Director News New regulations scheduled to take effect this summer will require institutions of higher learning to change the way they develop and publish their emergency plans as well as how they report incidents. New amendments to the Jeanne Clery Act, which were enacted into law in 2008 in the wake [...]

By Lindsey Reiser, ABC News Guns on campus: not everyone wants it, but in Arizona it might just become a reality. Most universities do not allow students or faculty with concealed carry permits to bring a weapon to school, but a bill is currently moving through the state senate that would allow faculty to do [...]

By Robert McCartney, The Washington Post When the U.S. history class in Room 312 heard the two gunshots in the room directly above it, followed shortly by a student shouting at the door to call 911 because “there’s a shooter,” professor Bill Rhatican knew what steps to take. He had the class lock the door, [...]

By Emily Friedman, ABC News The missing pieces of the mental health records of Virginia Tech shooter Seung-Hui Cho were made public today by the university, offering the first glimpse at the medical evaluations Cho underwent prior to committing the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. The records chronicle two telephone conversations and one in-person [...]

from CNN.com Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine agreed Tuesday to review the report examining the deadly 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech and to correct any errors based on what has been learned since its publication. Relatives of some of the victims of the 2007 shootings issued a statement Tuesday asking Kaine to reinstate the panel that [...]

By Robert J. Meadows, VenturaCountyStar.com The recent mass murders throughout the country have many wondering why they are happening or who is to blame. Are these callous and often premeditated murders the result of mental illness, economic conditions, or are the perpetrators seeking revenge against others? These tragic events are not new to American culture [...]

from TimesDaily.com College campuses are restricting activities of an advocacy group that wants to let students carry guns on campus. A freshman at the Community College of Allegheny County near Pittsburgh said a dean recently told her to stop distributing fliers for the group Students for Concealed Carry on Campus. The dean also told her [...]

By Morgan Day, The Eagle-Gazette Nearly 10 years ago, the nation learned 13 people were killed as Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold swept through Colorado’s Columbine High School with guns and picked off student after student. All but one of those killed were frozen with panic, hiding behind chairs and under tables, said Officer Brian [...]