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US Department of Education, 2016
Campus security and safety is an important feature of postsecondary education. The Department of Education is committed to assisting schools in providing students nationwide a safe environment in which to learn and to keep students, parents and employees well informed about campus security. These goals were advanced by the Crime Awareness and…
Descriptors: School Safety, College Environment, Guides, Compliance (Legal)
Jackson, Jerlando F. L., Ed.; Terrell, Melvin Cleveland, Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2007
This book serves as a sourcebook to enhance and evaluate safety programs, generate new solutions and interventions, comply with new legislation, and present practical steps and guidelines to establish best practices. It pays particular attention to the factors that may give rise to crime, considering high-risk drinking and examining the…
Descriptors: School Safety, School Security, Colleges, Crime
Simpson, Kristen – Currents, 1998
In an interview, the managing editor of a major publication in higher education explains what the media want to know about such issues as college and program rankings, affirmative action, college costs, crime on campus, and how colleges can communicate their positions better, make their messages more coherent, and influence the opinions of both…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Environment, Comparative Analysis, Crime
Nichols, David – 1997
Campus crime and violence and other student safety matters have become critical issues for higher education administrators. This book addresses these issues in the context of the Campus Security Act of 1990. The first three chapters, "The College Campus in Transition,""Issues and Impacts of Campus Crime," and "Threats to a…
Descriptors: College Buildings, College Environment, Community Involvement, Community Programs
Spitzberg, Irving J., Jr.; Thorndike, Virginia V. – 1992
This book addresses the critical and difficult issues facing higher education in the 1990s including the need to improve the quality of teaching and learning, raise academic standards, protect freedom of expression, and enhance both the community of the whole and the individual and small groups that make up that community. The book also examines…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Academic Standards, Campuses, College Environment
Burling, Philip – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1993
The guide is designed to inform college and university administration and governing boards about facts and issues concerning crime on campus so that they may develop policies and procedures for addressing it. After an introductory section that defines the trustees' role in managing institutional response to campus crime, Chapter 2 outlines…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Agency Role, Campus Planning, College Administration