Managing your campus’ environmental, health, safety & sustainability (EHS&S) risk is more complicated than ever and it’s not just about compliance anymore. Whether it’s natural disasters, competing environmental regulations and priorities, or digital and social media threats, campus leaders need to be proactive when it comes to managing risk, and it’s not just the EHS&S team’s responsibility.

Learn more about proactive risk management in this e-book.

Personnel at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington planned in advance for Hurricane Florence, but it’s tough to restore a campus that absorbed 34 inches of rain and is home to 4,200 students. Once enough debris had been cleared, they immediately turned to the buildings with the most vulnerable contents: the library and the science halls.

Read more about UNCW’s unexpected challenges this semester.

The sheer number of risks facing colleges and universities can be daunting. But by using a guide like University Risk Management and Insurance Association's (URMIA) risk inventory, campus risk managers should be able to conduct a thorough risk assessment of their facility and develop plans that will benefit faculty, staff and students alike, allowing them to focus on their number one priority—education.

Check out URMIA’s guide for risk inventory.

A recent survey of university leaders shows they believe the top reputational risks to their institutions over the last three years fall under the categories of campus climate, sexual assault, academic programs and student behavior. And only 26 percent of survey respondents think their institutions’ responses to reputational risk are consistently proactive, and 54 percent said they don’t have the ability to withstand a major reputational risk event.

Learn more in the survey by United Educators.