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CRIME
Rise in campus crimes since 2008
BY ELLIOT METZ emetz@kansan.com
Robberies and assaults increase, larceny decreases
The University of Kansas campus saw a significant rise in robberies and drug-related charges in 2009, according to annual crime statistics released by KU police Friday.
Drugs and narcotic offences rose from 32 to 48. While robberies jumped from one in 2008 to eight in 2009, the number of both burglaries and thefts significantly declined. Driving while under the influence arrests increased from three in 2008 to 16 in 2009.
A total of 706 crimes were reported to the KU Public Safety Office in 2009, compared with 700 in 2008, records show.
"We advise students to take precautions whether they are on campus or in the community and be aware of their surroundings," Public Safety Director Ralph V. Oliver said in a prepared statement.
Since 1999, overall on-campus crime has decreased by 35 percent from 1.094.
ONTHE DECLINE
Edited by Ashley Montgomery
BURGLARY
2008: 123
2009: 63
LARCENY/
THEFT
2008: 267
2009: 230
ON THE RISE
ROBBERY
2008:1
2009:8
ASSAULT
2008: 29
2009: 41
RAPE
2008: 2
2009: 3
LIQUOR LAW
VIOLATIONS
2008: 1
2009: 28
2008: 32
2009: 48
DRUGS/NARCOTICS
Read the full 1999-2009 Criminal Offenses Report at kansan.com/documents
TOTAL REPORTED CRIMES
2008: 700
2009: 706
Survey gathers feedback about college experience
CAMPUS
Administrators say a student survey designed to improve the KU experience is increasingly important when making decisions. But students repeatedly treat e-mail reminders about the survey as spam.
BY NANCY WOLENS nwolens@kansan.com
The National Survey of Student Engagement, a survey sent out on an annual basis, collects information about the student experience from more than 600 U.S. colleges and universities. The universities choose to participate in the survey and KU is participating this year.
The survey analyzes how students spend their time and how they benefit from attending college. According to the NSSE website, students began receiving invitations to participate in the survey F8.
Five more e-mails will be sent to students who don't respond, including one follow-up and three reminder e-mails about taking the survey.
Matt; Erickson, a senior from
Eden Prairie, Minn., didn't respond
ABOUT THE SURVEY
Institutions pay fees that depend on the amount of undergraduate enrollment, ranging from $1,800 to $7,800.
NSSE began in 2000 and since then 1,300 four-year colleges and universities have been involved.
In 2009, NSSE had about 630 institutions participate in the survey and had an average response rate of 36 percent.
Klute said there are about 100 questions on the survey and it takes about 15 minutes to complete. The questions are nothing like actual test questions, he said.
SEE SURVEY ON PAGE 3A
"They are questions about your unique experience at KU which are fun and interesting to answer" he said.
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