University Resilience is a term that relates to
the capability of a higher education Institution to continue the primary
missions of education, patient care, research, and service despite
potentially disruptive events.
"Every college and university
in the country now understands that traditional planning for crisis
events is inadequate. The scale of the problem has changed dramatically
and while most of the work done in the past to contend with disasters on
campus provided a solid foundation on which to build, a very different
kind of preparation and response is now necessary."
-Learning History, The Boston Consortium of Higher Education
November 2002.
University Resilience efforts help:
- Protect the lives and safety of students, patients, staff and faculty of the Institution in the face of potentially catastrophic events and disasters
- Maintain continuity of operations (teach students, care for patients, conduct research and service) despite disastrous events-or to resume operations quickly after such events
