October 14, 2005

After Katrina, Colleges Nationwide Take a Fresh Look at Disaster Plans

By SARA LIPKA

Hurricane Katrina was an unprecedented disaster for higher education. It forced full institutional closures longer than any on record, and it ravaged a whole region of colleges and universities. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, brought heightened attention to crisis management — leading colleges to develop disaster plans and hire emergency-preparedness coordinators — but Katrina taught colleges new lessons: to plan for the possibility of extended shutdowns

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