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August is back to school time where an estimated 2.2 million young adults will be leaving home for the first time to attend colleges and universities across the nation as incoming freshmen. Enrollment at colleges and universities this fall is expected to be around 20 million students. Sending your child off to college for the first time is one of the most anxiety-filled things a parent will face.
Safety is always reported as a major priority for most colleges and universities, but those institutions cannot do everything for everyone. There are many actions you and your son or daughter should take to help ease your anxiety and to help your new college student protect themselves. Below are our recommendations that all of you should review prior to leaving for this new venture in life.
The Jeanne Clery Act requires all colleges and universities receiving federal funding prepare and disseminate an annual security report publicly to students by October 1 of each year. The Clery Center states the report must contain statistics on campus crime for the last 3 years, including the actions the institution is taking to improve upon the safety of its students and staff. Not only are colleges and universities required to publish this data about on-campus crimes, but the data must include crimes committed on public property within campus boundaries, public property adjacent to the campus, and non-campus property used for educational purposes where students attend whether owned by the college or university or not.
There are 4 specific categories of crime data that is to be compiled and published as follows: Criminal Offenses, Hate Crimes, Crimes relating to the Violence Against Women Act, and Disciplinary Actions creating arrest or referrals relating to drug abuse violations, liquor law violations, and weapons violations. Parents and students should review the latest report before leaving for the college or university, but also should review the institution’s report prior to applying.
It is important the parents and students communicate with each other about “safe behavior”. It is not always an easy subject to talk about but, colleges and universities cannot make everyone 100% safe and the student needs to be aware of certain things he or she might do that increases the risk of victimization. The following list is self-explanatory, and although common sense in many cases, needs to be discussed up front:
Sending the child off into the world alone without the safety net you have provided for the first 18 years of their life makes every parent very anxious. The freshman student sees a whole new exhilarating future ahead of them and leaving for their college or university of choice opens the door for the next adventure in life. Sadly, it is the end of one chapter, but the beginning of a new and exciting chapter. Let’s all do our part to keep each chapter Safe!
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