Safety and Security


Pattern Matching

New Technology in Old Buildings

New Technology in Old Buildings

Making long-existing structures technologically up-to-date is a challenge, but it can be done.

Security Technology

Security Technology On Campus

A look at the newer security technologies colleges and universities are considering and using on campus.

Complying With the Clery Act

Resources are available to assist institutions to efficiently and effectively fulfill requirements of the Jeanne Clery Act.

The Power of the Brain

Preparing and empowering school employees for more effective visitor screening.

School Security Assessment

Security Assessments: Truly Reducing the Risks

Keys to effective and practical school security assessments.

locking university doors

Locking the Doors

Finding the best solution for securing college and university doors is a challenge for security professionals.

The ABCs of CPTED

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design offers design choices that can enhance safety and security.

Troubled Students

It Takes A Village

More college and universities are finding success in using campus teams to manage troubled students.

emergency management

What We Can Learn From Mikey Mouse

Leveraging Disney's organizational behavior for emergency management at colleges and universities.

The School Security Matrix

There are four overall strategies to consider when approaching school security.

Reviewing Fire Code Changes

Ask questions and institute the changes necessary for compliance.

Fire Code Revisions

There are at least 60 significant changes in the new IFC code.

Guns On Campus

Guns On Campus?

Will giving students permission to carry guns on campus make college life safer? Opinions differ.

Bullying

Bullying

There may be help from afar.

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design

CPTED

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design offers design choices that can enhance safety and security.

Communication Is the Key

Technology can be used to enhance learning and prevent tragedy.

Access control on colleges and universities

Getting Into College, Today

Affordable new access control technologies are changing the way students get into college buildings.

Access Control Test

Put to the Test

Will your school access control approach really stop a determined aggressor? Important information and observations on access control.

Security Codes and Specifications

Federal law requires that schools prepare an individual educational program (IEP) for each student with a disability, providing related services known to include safety in an emergency. Codes stipulate warning systems and require regular drills for all st

Fire!

For the past decade, fire safety programs on college and university campuses have focused on keeping students safe while in campus residence halls and fraternity and sorority houses, buildings that are often most at risk. While from a numbers standpoint, campuses are relatively safe from the effects of fire, there are a number of small, too often deadly, fires in student housing on campus generally caused by student carelessness. There are a number of ways to enhance student fire safety.

OSHA’s New Hazard Communication Standard

In March, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a revised Hazard Communication Standard that requires employers to train any employees who work with hazardous chemicals to use newly designed hazardous material labels and materi

Secure, Sustainable Schools

Both security and sustainability are important. Newtown and other school shootings make the case for security. The case for sustainability is strong, too. Estimates say that buildings produce 35 percent of the carbon dioxide emitted in the U.S. and use 37

Top Information Technology Risks 2013

Information technology is a highly dynamic, rapidly evolving sector. So are the risks and threats that surround it, and the functions it provides for our institutions. Effective risk management is essential.

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