For three years, Kansas’ public colleges have known a guns-on-campus law would take effect. That day is drawing closer and closer. In 2013 state legislators enacted the law, which requires that licensed handgun owners be allowed to carry their concealed weapons on public-college campuses, but the colleges were able to opt out for four years. Starting on July 1, 2017, though, they’ll have to comply. And this month they’re submitting their proposed policies to the Kansas Board of Regents for approval. In the run-up to the law’s effective date, Kansas colleges have joined the ranks of institutions nationwide that have grappled with how to carry out a law that many people on campuses view as a threat to public safety or academic freedom.

October 13, 2016 ・ From Chronicle of Higher Education