I suggest administrators test their institution's crisis plan in August as a reminder to their campus of roles, responsibilities, policies and procedures related to a coordinated crisis response. When asked for sample crises to test I recommend common campus occurrences, with IT hacks and binge drinking incidents rising to the top of this list.
Unfortunately, in my line of work I have known the details of various on-campus drinking tragedies, and I am always saddened by the human side of the story. My heavy heart returned while reading today's AP story.
May each of your campuses be spared from such heartache this fall, or at the very least may you have a plan in place to provide resources to your campus and to comfort adequately those impacted.
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