{"title":"Proactive steps can limit legal risks before hosting athletic events","authors":"Timothy O’Brien","doi":"10.1002/casr.70045","DOIUrl":"10.1002/casr.70045","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A wide range of legal risks may arise when a school hosts athletic events, especially when volunteers and student-athletes assist with management of the event. In fact, a complaint filed in a recent court case illustrates the reality of this possibility.</p>","PeriodicalId":100210,"journal":{"name":"Campus Security Report","volume":"22 12","pages":"7-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147579877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What public safety can learn from what happened at Brown University","authors":"David Miles","doi":"10.1002/casr.70037","DOIUrl":"10.1002/casr.70037","url":null,"abstract":"<p>As a retired person, I have more time on my hands, and I seem to watch the daily news and other items of interest on a regular basis.</p>","PeriodicalId":100210,"journal":{"name":"Campus Security Report","volume":"22 12","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147585052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Did court dismiss student-athlete's defamation claim?","authors":"Eric Lyerly","doi":"10.1002/casr.70044","DOIUrl":"10.1002/casr.70044","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A male student on the University of Nebraska men's gymnastics team and a female student on the university's women's tennis team met at a joint team event and began casually dating. During the summer, while the gymnast was away from campus, they remained in frequent contact. When the next semester began, their relationship became sexual, although it wasn’t exclusive.</p>","PeriodicalId":100210,"journal":{"name":"Campus Security Report","volume":"22 12","pages":"8-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147585211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Higher education's big losses are getting bigger — and campus safety leaders will feel it","authors":"Halley Sutton","doi":"10.1002/casr.70029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/casr.70029","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Even as the number of “large loss” claims against educational institutions fell in 2025, the overall dollar amount surged — a pattern campus safety leaders should treat as an operational warning, not just a risk-management headline, with many of these claims and settled cases regarding mishandling allegations of sexual assault. United Educators’ Large Loss Report 2026 tracks publicly reported awards and settlements of $2.5 million or more involving K-12 schools, colleges, and universities, and it highlights how litigation costs are rising beyond normal economic inflation — a phenomenon often described as social inflation.</p>","PeriodicalId":100210,"journal":{"name":"Campus Security Report","volume":"22 11","pages":"8-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146256484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On becoming a resolutionary","authors":"Stan Skipworth","doi":"10.1002/casr.70024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/casr.70024","url":null,"abstract":"<p>About 18 months ago, I began a journey to acquire professional certification as a personal fitness trainer. Upon completing this, and at roughly the time of my retirement from higher education public safety, I started my practice in helping others accomplish their own fitness and wellness goals.</p>","PeriodicalId":100210,"journal":{"name":"Campus Security Report","volume":"22 11","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146224315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Court rules student's offensive posts on X didn’t justify forced exit","authors":"Eric Lyerly","doi":"10.1002/casr.70025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/casr.70025","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Free speech protections are embedded deeply within the campus experience. Naturally, students often exercise their protected speech rights in the form of protests and other on-campus demonstrations and events. However, student expression rights also extend to the classroom in the context of course discussions and writings. They can also extend off campus to social media posts.</p>","PeriodicalId":100210,"journal":{"name":"Campus Security Report","volume":"22 11","pages":"4-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146223954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Create great group behavior","authors":"Laura Freebairn-Smith MBA, Ph.D.","doi":"10.1002/casr.70027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/casr.70027","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Do your meetings run amok? Are they ineffective? Are bad or problematic behaviors going unchecked?</p>","PeriodicalId":100210,"journal":{"name":"Campus Security Report","volume":"22 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146224455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Judge rules against rejected applicant","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/casr.70033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/casr.70033","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>CASE NAME:</b> <i>Shadle v. Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, et al</i>., No. 4:25-CV-00476 (M.D. Pa. 11/26/25).</p>","PeriodicalId":100210,"journal":{"name":"Campus Security Report","volume":"22 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146216870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Collaborate with on-, off-campus partners to address students’ mental health needs","authors":"Dawn Z. Hodges Ph.D.","doi":"10.1002/casr.70032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/casr.70032","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Every day, I hear or read stories about college students’ mental health issues. It appears that it's a national crisis. Some say it started with COVID, as Gen Z students were kept away from school for months or years, depending on where they lived. It seems that being on screen hours a day has taken a real toll in students’ interaction in person with others their age. Lately, I’ve heard a lot about students making “friends” and “companions” with AI avatars. I find that really sad.</p>","PeriodicalId":100210,"journal":{"name":"Campus Security Report","volume":"22 11","pages":"9-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146224456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Judge rules against rejected applicant","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/casr.70034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/casr.70034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>CASE NAME:</b> <i>Stanford v. Howard University</i>, No. 23-3041 (D. D.C. 11/03/25).</p>","PeriodicalId":100210,"journal":{"name":"Campus Security Report","volume":"22 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146217591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}