Empowering Your Campus Security Team to do More With Less
November 15, 2020
Blogs
Learn what new capabilities Campus Security teams are searching for as they strive to create strategic value and do more with less.
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Challenges for Campus Safety in a Hybrid Learning Environment
September 14, 2020
Blogs
There are several unique challenges tied to protecting student and staff wellbeing when operating in a blended or hybrid learning environment. To effectively protect the university community, you need flexible, responsive tools that as a force multiplier so you can better coordinate limited resources and respond to those who need assistance.
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Reassuring Students & Staff for the New Academic Year
July 31, 2020
Blogs
Across the globe, staff and students alike are highlighting safety as the number one priority/consideration for their return to campus. As a result, university executives are actively searching for solutions to implement to reassure students and staff their university is taking all the necessary steps to meet their duty of care.
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Back to Campus – Contact Tracing with SafeZone
June 29, 2020
Blogs
[As part of our continuing series on the “Return to Campus”, CriticalArc is exploring hot topics. This is the first of these in-depth blogs, with a focus on Contact Tracing.] The Search for Contact Tracing Solutions As higher education leadership teams continue preparations for the Return to Campus, they’re actively searching for and evaluating a…
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CCUPCA Webinar – Best Practices for the Return to Campus
June 25, 2020
Blogs
This webinar explores best practices being adopted to reopen campus safely in the fall, how to align campus safety and security initiatives with university leadership priorities, and the quest for solutions that address stakeholder’s needs and can be implemented in days vs. months.
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The Return to Campus: How SafeZone Helps
June 12, 2020
Blogs
Across the globe, staff and students alike are highlighting safety as the number one priority/consideration for their return to campus. As a result, university executives are actively searching for solutions to implement to reassure students and staff their university is taking all the necessary steps to meet their duty of care.
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Managing a Safe Return to Campus
May 25, 2020
Blogs
[This is Part I of a new multi-part series on a “Safe Return to Campus”] A Shift in Mindset It’s hard to believe, but in just two months the “Rush to Close Campus” has shifted to a “Return to Campus” mindset. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, 68% of US universities are planning to…
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Return to Campus – Positioning Public Safety for Maximum Value
May 8, 2020
Blogs
COVID-19’s Projected Impacts on Enrollment and Budgets As university executives deliberate the merits of when and how to reopen campuses, they’re trying to assess the impact on enrollment and balance the uncertainty of reduced revenues against the overarching need to enhance the health and safety of staff and students. And while much is unknown, one…
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Protecting People on a Closed Campus
April 13, 2020
Blogs
There’s a common misperception that universities across the world are closed. While the majority of students and academics are adapting to distance-learning, behind the scenes, most universities still have hundreds that remain on campus. And although classes have been suspended, the campus must remain operational for various essential services. Those on campus include executive leaders,…
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TACUPA Webinar on COVID-19’s Impact on Campus Public Safety Operations
April 9, 2020
Blogs
TACUPA and CriticalArc hosted a webinar to highlight how your peers are putting solutions into place to address the challenges of managing and securing a partially-closed or closed campus.
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NACSA Webinar on Managing a Closed Campus
March 25, 2020
Blogs
COVID-19 creates unprecedented challenges for university public safety and security teams nationwide. In light of this, the National Association of Campus Safety Administrators (NACSA) and CriticalArc hosted a webinar to highlight best practices to tackle these challenges, focused on managing and securing a partially-closed or closed campus.
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Meeting the Challenge of Closing and Maintaining Security of Your Campus
March 15, 2020
Blogs
Managing Security of a Closed Campus As countries around the world declare Coronavirus a national emergency, universities across the globe are electing to partially or fully close their campus as a precautionary measure to help keep students and staff safe, and slow the spread of the virus. The impact is felt severely by the public…
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