The Critical Incident Preparedness and Response on Campus research project was designed to describe the current practices of campuses with respect to critical incident prevention and response, paying particular attention to coordination with local law enforcement agencies. This report is being released to the public near the first anniversary of the February 14, 2008 shootings on the campus of Northern Illinois University (NIU).� The content of this report is particularly relevant to those interested in campus public safety, especially in light of two campus shooting incidents occurring within the course of a year in DeKalb, Illinois and Blacksburg, Virginia.� The impetus for this research project was the Virginia Tech (VT) shooting incident in April 2007; the authors observed in both Illinois and nationally the creation of commissions to examine campus safety issues as well prescriptions for improving security.� One of the key questions guiding the research was whether any new preparedness steps were taken.� This report frames many of the findings and implications within the context of the VT shootings because the research was focused on change pursuant to that tragedy.� Data were collected beginning in April 2008 to study the changes campuses had pursued in the first year after the VT incident.