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After last year's Virginia Tech shooting, many thought that an automated text alert system, something that would fire instant messages to every person on campus, could have saved lives. So, naturally, there was quick adoption of such systems by campuses across the country. Unfortunately, though, the students and faculty on those campuses haven't been quite so eager to jump on board.When a school adopts these systems, students and faculty have to voluntarily provide a mobile number upon which to receive these messages. Surveys are showing on-campus adoption rates hovering at somewhere between 30-40%, meaning less than half of the people affected will be capable of receiving emergency messages and updates.
40% of people being informed is certainly much better than the handful who knew what was going on at VT last spring, but it's a far cry from the instant awareness these systems advertise.
From USA Today
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Subscribe to commentsRyanReedFeb 29th 2008 12:53PM
My current university, Johnson & Wales University, actually calls your cell. I don't recall there being an opt-in or opt-out service. There was a day of testing where the university actually called every cell phone, hard-line in the school, etc. with an automated testing message.
Unfortunately, it seemed relatively ineffective. For instance, my cell rang around 3 pm for the test. It took almost 30 full minutes for my work phone at my office to ring. I'm not saying that it's not a worthy attempt for an early warning system but word of mouth would have spread much faster than the phone calls. I guess it's nice for the people who get the calls early, as they can spread the word. Ah, who knows how it would work in a real situation? Not really hoping that it comes to that.
HeidiMar 2nd 2008 10:47AM
And if there were an event on campus that students needed to know about, and a message was sent to all students at once, what would that message tell them to do? I would think that the messages would incite a mass exodus where it would be hard to get all students out at once.
Wouldn't it just be easier to provide mental health servies that work?