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Most students prefer colleges that restrict guns on campus

March 14, 2024

In the wake of recent gun violence on college campuses in Virginia, Michigan, North Carolina and Nevada, as well as a major legal victory for gun rights advocates in NYSRPA v. Bruen, about eight in 10 current and prospective college students say a college’s policies related to firearms on campus are at least somewhat important in […]

Arizona GOP revives push to allow concealed firearms on college campuses

February 13, 2024

Flagstaff Sen. Wendy Rogers is pushing a bill that would allow anyone with a concealed carry weapon permit to bring guns onto college campuses. State law currently prohibits firearms on school grounds. Senate Bill 1198 would bar the governing board of a university, college or community college from enacting rules that prohibit the possession of […]

Schools need faster emergency response technology. What’s the holdup?

Alcino Donadel | February 12, 2024

Despite the swiftness with which a shooting can occur, institutions have been slow to update their security systems, frustrating vendors who believe higher education leaders are letting practical campus solutions run right through their fingertips.

Here are 3 ways the international student landscape is changing

Alcino Donadel | December 19, 2023

As the U.S. higher education fights to keep its revenue afloat, recruitment strategies by other countries to attract their own robust cohorts of international students pose a challenge.

US Vice President Kamala Harris to speak at College of Charleston

October 06, 2023

United States Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the College of Charleston as part of her “Fight for Our Freedoms” college tour, the school announced Thursday. The visit will come on Wednesday, Oct. 11. The event will be held in the Sottile Theatre, beginning at 1 p.m. Harris’ tour touches on critical issues such as […]

5 wounded as mass shooting at Morgan State University prompts hourslong shelter-in-place during homecoming week

October 04, 2023

Four students and another person were wounded when gunfire erupted outside a crowded homecoming event at Morgan State University in Baltimore, police said, sending students on a dash for cover and a SWAT team into a dorm to hunt for suspects as the nation’s gun violence epidemic struck yet another American campus. Read more from CNN.

Here are 2 ways colleges are grounding their holistic admissions process

Alcino Donadel | September 18, 2023

While holistic review can be interpreted differently depending on the institution, there is one common thread that links them. Bonus: Schools can take advantage of this strategy to avoid scrutiny from skeptics.

College students assess how safe they feel after recent shootings

August 31, 2023

In the wake of mass shooting on college campuses, students speak to their concerns about guns, and how to create a space in which they are safe.

George Washington University will arm campus officers despite student protests, cites ‘rising gun violence’

August 25, 2023

The move is part of a five-part implementation plan announced Monday by the police department. The plan also saw a revision to the university’s Use of Force Policy, which prohibits chokeholds and other measures that could restrict an individual’s breathing. It also details the “special circumstances” in which force can be used. Supervisors who wish to be […]

U.S.-China relations in higher ed is slipping. That's a problem.

Alcino Donadel | May 10, 2023

While a slew of proposed state bills antagonize China and international student enrollment continues to cool, higher education in the U.S. is flirting with losing a student body worth $15 billion to the U.S. economy.

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