Change or Be Changed: The Impact of Outside Forces on Campus Risk Management

Campus Activities Programming, No. A18, January/Febbruary 2008

5 Pages Posted: 22 Feb 2008

Abstract

This article, which is part of a series on campus risk-management and liability issues, encourages universities to embrace a proactive culture of risk management. Crises tend to spur change. But when change does not occur quickly enough from within, outside forces often step in to impose change. This article discusses how campuses can be positive, proactive change agents; the steps include providing a reasonably safe living and learning environment, embracing environmental management strategies, and building coalitions with these outside forces.

Keywords: college, university, risk management, environmental management, coalitions, virginia tech, rider university, student affairs, student conduct, student discipline

JEL Classification: K1, K10, K13

Suggested Citation

Dickerson, Darby, Change or Be Changed: The Impact of Outside Forces on Campus Risk Management. Campus Activities Programming, No. A18, January/Febbruary 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1096030

Darby Dickerson (Contact Author)

Southwestern Law School ( email )

3050 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90010
United States

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