April 28, 2012
An estimated 365,500 residential building fires are reported to U.S. fire departments each year and cause an estimated 2,560 deaths and 13,000 injuries, according to a report released by the U.S. Fire Administration.
April 19, 2012
Many campus IT professionals report that their facilities have recently experienced breaches that jeopardized their E-mail, network or other sensitive data, according to a study just released by CDW.
April 16, 2012
Death rates from unintentional injuries among children and adolescents from birth to age 19 declined by nearly 30% from 2000 to 2009, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, more than 9,000 children lost their lives as a result of unintentional injury in the United States in 2009.
April 14, 2012
In the wake of the deadly shooting this month at Oikos University in Oakland, Calif., experts from the University at Buffalo offer perspectives from their research into ways to encourage students to immediately comply with "alert" messages sent during an on-campus emergency
March 20, 2012
Large university campuses that have more than 40,000 students can pay more than a half million dollars per year for students visiting hospital emergency departments for alcohol-induced blackouts
March 9, 2012
According to a new report from he U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, Minority students across America face harsher discipline, have less access to rigorous high school curricula, and are more often taught by lower-paid and less experienced teachers
February 15, 2012
More than half of Americans employed outside their homes have witnessed, heard about or experienced a violent event or an event that can lead to violence at their workplace.
February 13, 2012
Although rates are down among all racial and ethnic groups, disparities persist. The decrease is attributed to teens' more effective use of birth control.
February 3, 2012
On any given weekend, at least 10 percent of students at a single college could be hosting a party, and on average, party hosts who live off campus are drinking more and engaging in more alcohol-related problem behaviors than are the students attending their bashes.
February 2, 2012
Do your institution’s policies adequately protect children on your campus from sexual abuse?
January 27, 2012
A report released by the CDC indicates that a higher proportion of gang homicides than other homicides involved young adults and adolescents. Additionally, gang homicides are more likely to occur with firearms and in public places.
January 25, 2012
Thousands of uninsured burn patients are being hospitalized due to a new, crude method of making methamphetamine. The cost of treating these patients has contributed to the closure of some burn units.
January 11, 2012
Here are the top concerns and comments that were written in by respondents to the December 2011 Campus Safety magazine and Center for Campus Fire Safety fire survey.
January 11, 2012
More than half of university, hospital and K-12 school district fire protection professionals rate system maintenance (57%) and false alarms (53%) as two of their top four campus fire protection concerns.
December 14, 2011
On average, 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States, according to findings by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
December 8, 2011
The U.S. Department of Education has released a new report summarizing current approaches in the 46 states with anti-bullying laws and the 41 states that have created anti-bullying policies as models for schools.
December 1, 2011
The frequency of data breaches in healthcare has increased by 32%, with hospitals and healthcare providers averaging four data breaches. The increase is largely due to employee negligence.
November 22, 2011
The birth rate for U.S. teens aged 15–19 years hit a record low in 2010, according to a report released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
November 22, 2011
Campus Safety magazine's 2011 salary survey covers salaries, top safety and security concerns, job satisfaction and levels of emergency preparedness.
November 18, 2011
School-level interventions can cut by nearly half the rate of dating violence among sixth- and seventh-grade students, according to a study just released by the National Institute of Justice.