Pat Kinsella for the Chronicle Review
Here are links to The Chronicle‘s coverage of the fatal shootings at Umpqua Community College in October, along with recent articles on gun violence and higher education.
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Campus SecurityCommunity Colleges Face Big Security Risks With Few Resources
The mass shooting in Oregon shows how two-year colleges respond to a crisis with limited means at hand. -
Research
‘I Got Nobody’: Scholars of Gun Violence Describe Their Lonely Battles
Two university researchers say they’re optimistic that their work will have long-term benefits. But the sometimes-vitriolic response they receive can be deeply frustrating. -
Campus Safety
After Killings in Oregon, Colleges Face Threats — and Take No Chances
This past week several campuses learned of online posts or bathroom-wall graffiti that threatened violence. Almost all of them went on high alert. -
Faculty
As Campus Gun Violence Increases, So Do Professors’ Fears
Gallows humor masks feelings of helplessness and anger as faculty members speculate on the grim probability of more classroom shootings. -
Campus Safety
A University Debates How to Carry Out a Divisive Guns-on-Campus Law
The University of Texas at Austin is trying to comply with legislation that many people there fear will make the institution less safe. -
The Review
Don’t Make Me Part of Your Gun Culture
A historian facing active-shooter defense training resents how the burden of violence is being placed on educators. -
The Review
How Fear Might Affect Grades
An instructor wonders whether the likelihood of concealed guns in her classroom would make her go easy on certain students. -
The Review
Finding a Way Forward, Together
Students are scared of more shootings, an instructor writes. He’s not sure how to reassure them, but talking about it can only help. -
Commentary
Stop Worrying About Guns in the Classroom. They’re Already Here.
People who fear the prospect of legal, concealed weapons on campuses are being just as irrational as those who refuse to leave the house unarmed.
