Items Tagged with 'higher education security'

As colleges and universities look for ways to streamline operations and better protect students and faculty, it’s clear that fragmented, manually intensive access control systems are no longer sustainable. 

By harnessing the scalability of biometric technology, the university space is finding pros and cons to deploying these platforms.

Jonathan Kassa has joined Margolis Healy as Vice President for Regulatory Compliance, where he will focus on helping create safe campuses, schools and communities.

Security leaders are starting to move on from COVID-related safety measures and are instead focusing on mental health and violence on campus, according to a new Rave report. 

Rhonda Harris has been named Assistant Vice President for Public Safety and Chief of Police at Florida State University.

Tamara McCollough has been named the new Director of Public Safety at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

Maureen Rush, recently retired Vice President for Public Safety and Superintendent of Police at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses her career in law enforcement and how to avoid burnout in the security field.

Terri Stewart, an experienced higher education security leader, will begin her new role as Director of Campus Safety at Colgate University in January 2022.

The university aims to curb crime on campus and in neighborhoods where students and faculty live and work. The campus safety department has announced an increased partnership with the Hennepin County Sheriff's office to accomplish that goal.

The Office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced $5 million in security grants to go to 27 higher education institutions in the state to fund security enhancements.