It wasn’t that the federal Clery Act’s requirement that colleges file annual campus-crime reports didn’t produce results. The problem was that colleges’ interpretations of how to compile the data varied so much that, as one campus-safety official said, comparisons amounted to “apples and — I don’t even know. Apples and pork.” What’s more, as The Chronicle reported, students and their families apparently paid little attention to the published reports. Administrators applauded the law’s requiring “timely warnings” of immediate threats, but as a tool to help students assess campus safety at given colleges, the Clery Act was found wanting.
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