Location Definitions
Each of these terms is defined by the Clery Act:
- The term ‘campus’ means: “any building or property owned or controlled by an institution of higher education within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution and used by the institution in direct support of, or in a manner related to, the institution’s educational purposes, including residence halls; and property within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution that is owned by the institution but controlled by another person, is used by students, and supports institutional purposes (such as food or other retail vendor).”
- The term ‘non-campus building or property’ means: “any building or property owned or controlled by a student organization recognized by the institution; and any building or property (other than a branch campus) owned or controlled by an institution of higher education that is used in direct support of, or in relation to, the institution’s educational purposes, is frequently used by students, and is not within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution.”
- The term ‘public property’ means: “all public property that is within the same reasonably contiguous area of the institution, such as a sidewalk, a street, other thoroughfare, or parking facility, and is adjacent to a facility owned or controlled by the institution if the facility is used by the institution in direct support of, or in a manner related to the institution’s educational purposes.”
- Each of these definitions applies to separate categories in the annual security report as follows:
“…an institution of higher education shall distinguish, by means of separate categories, any criminal offenses that occur –
(A) on campus;
(B) in or on a non-campus building or property;
(C) on public property; and
(D) in dormitories or other residential facilities for students on campus.”