Campus Safety & Security
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Category: K-12 SchoolsSchool Counselor Shortages by State and Its Impact on Students
Read more: School Counselor Shortages by State and Its Impact on StudentsMental health care provider and school counselor shortages are significantly impacting children as they struggle with their mental health at alarming rates.
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Category: Higher EducationSecuring Graduation Ceremonies: Making the Case for Weapons Detection
Read more: Securing Graduation Ceremonies: Making the Case for Weapons DetectionPeter Evans, CEO of Xtract One Technologies, discusses weapons detection dos and don’ts for securing graduation ceremonies.
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How Unified Video and Access Control Improves Campus Safety While Saving Money
Read more: How Unified Video and Access Control Improves Campus Safety While Saving MoneyJason Friedberg, commercial lead for education at Genetec, Inc., shares what campuses should be looking for in a unified system to help them reduce total cost of ownership while improving effectiveness.
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Category: Healthcare10 Most Common Hospital Emergency Codes and Their Meanings
Read more: 10 Most Common Hospital Emergency Codes and Their MeaningsAlthough at least 25 state hospital associations recommend plain language alerts, many facilities use these 10 color coded alerts.
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A Gunshot Detection System Designed with School Safety in Mind
Read more: A Gunshot Detection System Designed with School Safety in MindHear what sets apart Bosch’s gunshot detection system from others on the market and see a demo of how the technology works.
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Category: K-12 SchoolsWhich States Have Banned Cell Phones in Schools?
Read more: Which States Have Banned Cell Phones in Schools?As of Dec. 2025, 35 states and Washington, D.C., have signed or already enacted laws or policies regarding student cell phone usage in K-12 classrooms.
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Category: Higher EducationNationwide Cell Phone Outage Highlights Need for Multiple Emergency Communications Systems
Read more: Nationwide Cell Phone Outage Highlights Need for Multiple Emergency Communications Systems“We can’t depend only on an app for students’ safety,” one person wrote on a petition to install emergency call boxes at the University of Georgia after a student was murdered.
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Category: K-12 SchoolsHow to Talk to Students About Gun Violence in Schools
Read more: How to Talk to Students About Gun Violence in SchoolsTeodora Pavkovic, a psychologist and parenting coach, offers tips for both school employees and parents on how to speak with kids and teens about school gun violence.
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Category: Higher EducationCollege Therapy Dogs: What Are the Costs and Benefits?
Read more: College Therapy Dogs: What Are the Costs and Benefits?Ramona Washington, chief of the University of North Texas (UNT) Police Department, shares her experience with procuring a therapy dog, including associated costs and its benefits for both students and staff.
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Category: Higher EducationHow Should These Clery Act Crimes Be Classified in Your ASR?
Read more: How Should These Clery Act Crimes Be Classified in Your ASR?Would these scenarios, pulled from the Handbook for Campus Safety and Security Reporting, count as Clery Act crimes?
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Category: Healthcare3 Ways to Stop Nurse Bullying at Your Healthcare Facility
Read more: 3 Ways to Stop Nurse Bullying at Your Healthcare FacilityIn one study, over 50% of nursing students reported seeing or experiencing nurse-on-nurse bullying during their clinical rotations.
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Test Your FERPA Knowledge: Can This Student Info Be Released?
Read more: Test Your FERPA Knowledge: Can This Student Info Be Released?Here are nine practical scenarios in which a request is made to access student information. Would providing the data be a FERPA violation?
