On Oct. 1, all colleges and universities in the United States that receive federal funding are required to share an annual security report (ASR) to the campus community. This requirement is a piece of...

Oct. 1 marked the annual day by which colleges across the nation must publish facts about the crimes that occur on and around their campuses in an Annual Security Report. This year’s report, with data through the end of the calendar year 2011, was emailed out to students on Sept. 28. The report is often referred to as the “Clery report” and is named for a student murdered in the 1980s.