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Hoax threats disrupt more than a dozen colleges this week

A wave of bomb threats sent Tuesday morning to 11 schools is estimated to have affected over one million students and cost $60 million to campus operations.

How should colleges respond to the recent surge in swatting incidents?

Since the beginning of April, at least 27 higher education institutions have received calls about an active shooter, a hostage situation or a bomb threat, only to discover they were fake or unfounded once police arrived on the scene. Some officials believe we need to change our conception of swatting incidents entirely.