SafeWise security experts have released the 2016 list of the 30 Safest College Towns in America. 

A study shows that when colleges are shrouded in public scandal they can expect a decrease in applications.

University of Notre Dame police chief Phillip A. Johnson has been promoted to senior director of campus safety and emergency management, and Keri Kei Shibata will succeed him as chief of Notre Dame Security Police.

Crime in the nation’s schools and college campuses has declined over the past two decades, according to a new report from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
 

Mike Seamon, associate vice president for campus safety at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed the University’s first vice president for campus safety and event management.

Jeff Karpovich, CPP, CHPA, security chief and transportation director at High Point University, has received the Medal of Excellence, awarded by the National Association of Campus Safety Administrators.

The Georgia Senate gave final passage to a bill that for the first time would legalize firearms on all public colleges in Georgia.
 

The University of Texas System announced science-based guidelines to help police for all 14 campuses better respond to sexual assault victims.

The University of Texas announced it will allow concealed handguns in classrooms, but will bar them from on-campus dorm rooms, under the new state law.