Lessons From a Tragedy

Safety and risk-management experts debate Virginia Tech's response

As administrators at colleges around the country closely followed news of the deadly shootings at Virginia Tech, many of them met on their campuses to discuss what they could do to try to prevent a similar tragedy.

The risk managers and other officials interviewed for this article were hesitant to criticize Virginia Tech for its response, but shaken by the incident, and by the idea that it could have happened

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