If you missed it, yesterday Inside Higher Ed ran an article describing the work of "researchers from the Midwestern Higher Education Compact [who] offered an initial analysis of some of the more practical changes that campus officials said they had made in the wake of the Virginia Tech incident." 

I am elated with the findings that "most two-year and four-year colleges and universities reviewed and in many cases significantly altered their campus safety procedures, especially in terms of notifying students about possible danger and dealing with students who displayed signs of trouble."

The article was quick to point out that institutions, for the most part, refrained from overreacting their their planning and tactical approach to crisis management.

IHE's coverage is succinct and worth reading.  But if you have a smidge of time, I suggest reading the researchers' work, too.

--Teresa Valerio Parrot