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in search of safer communities practices for student affairs in addressing campus violence
the tragic shootings at virgina tech on april 16 2007 shocked the nation . in the fall of 2007 naspa student affairs administrators in higher education president jan walbert convened a working group of student affairs colleagues with senior leadership experience to identify the critical issues student affairs colleagues should consider related to violent incidents on college campuses . given the continued focus on higher education on campus violence that original report has been revised to speak to a wider audience . p this report presents a framework of planning for and responding to emergencies such as incidents of violence using a crisis management model . this model provides four phases in which to discuss violence prevention preparedness response and recovery . p this report is a special supplemental issue of the jossey bass higher education quarterly report series new directions for student services .