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Risk Management

Virginia Community College System Improves Incident Reporting and Management with TIPS

In an effort to keep up with information security risks and threats and improve the incident management process between the 23 Virginia Community Colleges and the system office, the Virginia Community College System has implemented TIPS, an innovative risk management software platform from Awareity.

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Awareity

Wave Of Bomb Threats At Pitt Leaves Campus On Edge

Dozens of bomb threats at the University of Pittsburgh, including at least four on Monday, have prompted professors to start holding classes outside and forced security officials to implement new building access measures and offer a $50,000 reward

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AP via The Boston Globe

403(b) Audits: Lessons Learned

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Problems and challenges higher ed institutions encounter with retirement plans
Lisa Wills and Anthony T. Carideo, Jr.
University Business, April 2012

Until recently, many 403(b) employee retirement plans were viewed not as actual plans but as clusters of individual employee contracts with different vendors. Higher ed institutions were like middle men, with their role limited to passing through employee contributions to individual plans. Administrators saw little need to pay much attention to their 403(b) plans or to exercise much oversight of third-party mutual funds or insurance companies managing employee funds.

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Business Continuity
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Alvarez Says U Of Wisconsin Athletics Is Writing New Procedures For Serving Alcohol Off-Campus

University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez said this week his department is in the process of crafting written procedures for serving alcohol at off-campus functions. Without a written policy, Alvarez said the department's oversight of alcohol at events had "probably" become lax.

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Wisconsin State Journal

Seattle Community Colleges May Set Rules For Protests

The ACLU and some students say the Seattle Community College District may be going too far in seeking rules that would curtail protests on its three campuses.

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The Seattle Times

Student Sues Over Ouster After Post-Super Bowl Disturbance

A University of Massachusetts Amherst student expelled two days after he was arrested in a rowdy post-Super Bowl disturbance on campus is challenging his expulsion in federal court.

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The Boston Globe

Investigation Into Former UW-Madison Athletic Official Could Cost $100,000

UW-Madison estimated it could cost up to $100,000 to investigate a former senior athletic official accused of sexual assault, according to a work contract for the review.

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Wisconsin State Journal

U of Michigan's Coleman: 'Serious Failure' In Child Porn Case

The president of the University of Michigan says a six-month delay in reporting to police that child porn was allegedly found on a computer flash drive in a locked hospital lounge shows a "serious failure" at the school and "poor judgment" by several employees.

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AP via The Detroit News

New Hazing Probe Targets Florida A&M U Band Fraternity

Florida A&M University released new details Monday about the investigation that Tallahassee police recently launched into another possible hazing involving music students.

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Sun Sentinel

UConn Broadens Sex Assault Reporting Policy

Trustees Expand Ranks Of University Employees Required To Report Incidents

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The Hartford Courant

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