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Surviving a Crisis 

Mike Kennedy

In the summer of 1997, a devastating storm raged through Fort Collins, Colo., and flooded much of the campus of Colorado State University.The school sustained...

Safe Havens 

Joe Agron

The rash of school shootings over the past year hit a nerve in the nation's collective consciousness-igniting a renewed focus on school safety and security....

Putting Out Fires 

Tom Dondero

If you think a fire could not start in your school district, think again. According to the National Fire Protection Association, an average of 8,200 school...

Preventive Medicine 

Dick Jozwiak

Shattered bottles. Rocks. Tree limbs. Balls of all sorts. While these may not sound like much of a threat by themselves, each one or a combination can...

A Team Effort 

Alfred W. Dean and Marj P. Leaming

There is no single cause of school safety problems, whether it be illegal drug sales, possession and use of weapons, physical attacks or theft. Consequently,...

Covering All the Bases 

Judy Sutton

Security is an issue that is, at best, secondary in the minds of many students on college and university campuses. Yet it is one that administrators must...