Eight years after the Virginia Tech massacre, survivors and families announced a program on Thursday intended to make colleges and universities safer, hoping it will serve as a legacy for the 32 people killed. The program, the 32 National Campus Safety Initiative, is the result of more than three years of work by the Virginia Tech Victims Family Outreach Foundation and a team of mental health, public safety, threat management and victim advocacy experts. It consists of nine surveys with more than 250 questions on issues that have plagued college campuses — like hazing, sexual assault and alcohol abuse — and how to improve emergency notifications. The intent is for institutions to use the surveys for self-assessment to ensure they have adequate procedures in place. About three dozen schools had begun participating as of early Thursday, the director of the initiative, S. Daniel Carter, said.

August 13, 2015 ・ From The New York Times