1.8.3: Activity 3

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Read the passage below and write a summary in 100 words or less. Then, rewrite your summary in 50 words or less. Remember that the goal of a summary is to convey the main idea and most important supporting ideas briefly and accurately in your own words.

Milestone

The Clery Act

The Clery Act of 1990, formally the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, requires public and private colleges and universities that participate in federal student aid programs to disclose information about campus crime. The Act is named after Jeanne Clery, who in 1986 was raped and murdered by a fellow student in her Lehigh University dorm room.

The U.S Department of Education's Clery Act Compliance Division is responsible for enforcing the 1990 Act. Specifically, to remain eligible for federal financial aid funds and avoid penalties, colleges and universities must comply with the following provisions:

Publish an annual security report and make it available to current and prospective students and employees;
Keep a public crime log that documents each crime on campus and is accessible to the public;
Disclose information about incidents of criminal homicide, sex offenses, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, arson, and hate crimes that occurred on or near campus;
Issue warnings about Clery Act crimes that pose a threat to students and employees;
Develop a campus community emergency response and notification strategy that is subject to annual testing;
Gather and report fire data to the federal government and publish an annual fire safety report;
Devise procedures to address reports of missing students living in on-campus housing.

For more about the Clery Act, see Clery Center for Security on Campus.

Were you made aware of your campus's annual security report before you enrolled? Do you think reporting about campus security is appropriately regulated at the federal level under the Clery Act? Why or why not?