Articles from the Education Industry
An Enterprise Approach
By Jim Nanini
Security technology capabilities have advanced by leaps and bounds over the last decade. Integration between technology silos - security, fire, building...
Optimized Access
St. John's College High School (SJC), an independent, Catholic, coeducational college preparatory school with 1,100 students and 150 faculty and staff,...
Cisco Moving Schools Toward Convergence And Modernization
Cisco has reported a change in how K-12 schools, colleges and universities view emergency preparedness and security management when designing their campus safety architectures. Seizing a movement already under way in businesses and government agencies, school officials increasingly recognize the importance of converging their physical security tools on their networks and are doing so at an unprecedented pace.
Campus security has long been a top priority for schools from kindergarten to higher education. At many schools, however, the physical and network security infrastructures are disjointed, comprising a patchwork of separate alarm systems, surveillance cameras, communication systems and radios that cannot interact with the digital, network-connected systems more recently put in place....
Cell Phones Give Students False Sense of Safety
A new study from three professors finds that college students packing cell phones feel safer than those without and are more likely to take risky walks at night.
The research reveals that carrying a cell phone can amp up risk-taking, particularly among women.
"Students seem to feel less vulnerable when they carry a cell phone, although there's no evidence that they really are," says study researcher Jack Nasar, a professor of city and regional planning at Ohio State University. "If anything, they are probably less safe because they are paying less attention to their surroundings."...
From The Field
EDUCATION California's Shasta Union High School District Reduces Theft and Vandalism With IP Video With recent incidents ranging from fights and vandalism...
No Interruptions
Ten minutes into a video during a film studies lecture, the projector flashes no signal on a blank screen. With 200 students waiting, the professor attempts...
Setting A Security Standard
BY CAROL CAREY
The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) in Hattiesburg has spearheaded a groundbreaking sports security management program that it expects to go...
Water Valley is Game for IP Video
Water Valley Independent School District in midwest Texas may be a little district it is home to 350 students in grades K-12 but it is big on technology....
Purdue University Strengthens Security With Help Of Students
Increasing the number of employees in the Purdue University Student Security Patrol on its West Lafayette, Ind., campus will be an effective way to enhance safety on campus, reports The Exponent, Purdue University's student newspaper.
The Purdue Police Department reported that it would nearly double the number of positions open on the force. The current staff of 25 would jump to 35 beginning this spring. The student patrol will eventually employ 50 by the end of the year.
Saving the university millions of dollars that would normally be spent on installing security cameras, the path is adding student jobs while increasing campus surveillance....
Northern Illinois University Addresses Security Concerns
After a gunman shot and killed five students and himself at Northern Illinois University (NIU) last week, questions and concerns are being voiced about the school's security and method of communication.
According to the Associated Press, many students phoned each other and sent text messages even before school officials could warn them.
Drew Creal, a sophomore from St. Charles, was in a building next to Cole Hall when students around him began receiving text messages from other students that read, "There's shooting in Cole Hall" and "Get off campus," he says....
GAO Report Warns Of Campus Reactor Threat
The risks of a terrorist attack on a nuclear reactor at a college campus -- and the potential consequences -- have been underestimated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Congressional auditors say in a report.
According to The New York Times, the report, by the Government Accountability Office, says the commission overruled expert contractors who thought differently, and misrepresented what the contractors had said.
Security requirements at the reactors have changed little since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, according to the auditors, even though many of the reactors still run on enriched uranium, which terrorists could convert into an atomic bomb. In contrast, the rules for civilian power plants have become much stricter, the report said....
Reward: Peace of Mind
The importance of school security cannot be overstated. A secure school means that everyone inside can concentrate on the matter at hand, which is providing...
The Value of Extra Eyes
Recently, officials at the Douglas County (Colo.) School District were faced with evacuating a high school campus following a bomb threat. The 1,700 students...
Priority 1 Campus Safety
During its 50-year history, the University of San Diego (USD) has grown from a local college with 50 students and a handful of professors to a nationally...
Idaho School District Installs Crisis Management System to Protect Students and Staff
Idaho School District Installs Crisis Management System to Protect Students and Staff Meridian (Idaho) Joint School District (Joint School District...
Upgraded Protection
In Cincinnati, when one says school's out, it has a whole different meaning. That's because all 65 schools in the Cincinnati Public School District encompassing...
One-of-A-Kind Keys
Maintaining building security for the large and growing University of North Carolina's historic Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) campus is a continuing job that requires...
At the Head of the Class
As a self-professed early adopter of new technologies, Bentonville High School (BHS) in Arkansas recognized the need for its video security surveillance...
Tested and True
By Ashley Roe
On April 16, Ware County in Southeast Georgia experienced the beginning sparks of a wildfire later designated as the largest fire in the history of the...
Trusting In Digital
The Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District is similar to a lot of school systems in the United States. Money is tight, but the need for security...
Preparing the plan
By Mike Kennedy
Crises and catastrophes can strike without warning. Impulsive acts of violence or natural disasters can easily set off a wave of panic. It's especially...
Reaching Out
By Julie Hall
Education administrators throughout the country spend a lot of time and money planning crisis response procedures they hope they will never have to use....
School security from A TO Z
By Stephanie Silk
A Access Control A high-end access control system can give a school or university control over the movement of employees, students and visitors while...
Seeking secure schools
By Mike Kennedy
It's often said and statistics back it up that the campuses of the nation's schools and universities are typically the safest places in a community. But...
Migration To IP
Updating analog surveillance systems to IP-based video is a major challenge facing security professionals in the education market, especially in older...
