Safety

2 killed at community college in Kentucky. Financial aid director shot at Stevens Institute of Business & Arts. Plus a compilation of articles on gun violence and higher education.

Hundreds of college presidents sign open letters written by their colleagues, vowing to help Obama in curbing violence.

New preliminary research suggests that the risk of sexual assault for female undergraduates increases during study abroad.

A compilation of Inside Higher Ed articles from the last two years about gun issues as they affect colleges and universities. Connecticut killer was briefly a student at Western Connecticut State, which suffered losses at Sandy Hook school.

Colleges must take special consideration when addressing and preventing sexual assault involving male victims and gay or lesbian students.

Should colleges be ranked based on crime statistics? And if they should, why are two prominent rankings yielding such different results?