Choosing a postsecondary institution is a major decision for students and their families. 除了学术上的, financial and geographic considerations, the issue of campus safety is a vital concern. In 1990, Congress enacted the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990 (Title II of Public Law 101-542), which 修改了 Higher Education Act of 1965 (他叫). This act required all postsecondary institutions participating in 他的 Title IV student financial assistance programs to disclose campus crime statistics and security information. 的 act was amended in 1992, 1998 and 2000. 的 1998 amendments renamed the law the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act in memory of a student who was slain in her dorm room in 1986. It is generally referred to as the Clery行为.

On August 14, 2008, the Higher Education Opportunity Act or HEOA (Public Law 110-3115) reauthorized and expanded the Higher Education Act o f1965，经修订.  HEOA 修改了 Clery行为 and created additional safety-and security-related requirements for institutions.

按 Clery行为 every institution must:

• Collect, classify and count crime reports and crime statistics.
• 发出校园警报.  To provide the campus community with information necessary to make informed decisions about their health and safety institutions must
   - Issue a timely warning for any Clery行为 crime that represents an ongoing threat
      to the safety of students or employees;
   - Issue an emergency notification upon the confirmation of a significant emergency or dangerous situation
     involving an immediate threat to  the health or safety of students or employees occurring on the campus.
• Publish an annual security report containing safety and security related policy statements and crime statistics and distribute it to all current students and employees.  Schools must inform prospective students and employees about the availability of the report.
• 提交 crime statistics to the Department of Education (ED).

In addition to the requirements for all institutions listed above NDSU must:

• Keep a daily crime log of alleged criminal incidents that is open to public inspection.
• Disclose missing student notification procedures that pertain to students residing in on-campus student housing facilities.
• Disclose fire safety information related to on-campus student housing facilities
   - Keep a fire log that is open to public inspection
   - Publish an annual fire safety report containing policy statements as well as
     fire statistics associated with each on-campus student housing facility, including
     number of fires, cause, injuries, deaths and property damage.
     Schools also must inform prospective students and employees about the availability of the report.
   - 提交 fire statistics to ED.

的 Clery行为 requires our institution to disclose three general categories of crime statistics:

刑事犯罪---Criminal Homicide, including:  a) Murder and Non-negligent Manslaughter, and b) Negligent Manslaughter; Sex Offenses including:  a) Forcible, and b) Non-forcible; Robbery; Aggravated Assault; Burglary; Motor Vehicle 的ft; Arson; Dating Violence; Domestic Violence; and Stalking.

仇恨犯罪---Any of the above-mentioned offenses, and any incidents of Larceny-的ft, 简单的攻击, 恐吓, or Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property that were motivated by bias of the victim’s actual or perceived race, 宗教, 性别, 性别认同, 性取向, 种族, 国家的起源, 或残疾.

Arrests and Referrals for Disciplinary Action for Weapons Violations, Drug Abuse Violations, and Liquor Law Violations.