Tennessee's 2020-2021 budget includes $38 million in capital maintenance across higher education institutions from the Higher Education Capital Maintenance Fund and $2 million non-recurring statewide security grants.

Beginning this fall semester, Portland State University (PSU) campus safety officers will no longer carry guns when they are on patrol on campus. 

A new joint report by the National Center for Education Statistics and the Bureau of Justice Statistics examines crime occurring in schools and colleges. In addition, the report covers topics such as victimization, bullying, school conditions, fights, weapons, the presence of security staff at school, availability and student use of drugs and alcohol, student perceptions of personal safety at school, and criminal incidents at postsecondary institutions.

Texas A&M University has named J. Mike Johnson its next police chief.

The UW-System and UW-Madison will receive $32 million from the state as they prepare to welcome students back to campus this fall.

To safely reopen college campuses this fall, students need to be screened for SARS-CoV-2 infection every two or three days, finds a new study led by the Yale School of Public Health.