This is a list of attacks related to
postsecondary schools, such as
universities
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, ...
or
college
A college (Latin: ''collegium'') is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offerin ...
s. These are attacks that occurred on school property, faculty or related primarily to school issues or events. A narrow definition of the word attacks is used for this list, excluding warfare, robberies, gang violence, political or police attacks, (as related to protests), accidents, single suicides, and murder-suicides resulting from rejected suitors/spouses. Incidents that involved only staff who work at the school have been classified as belonging at
List of workplace killings. It also excludes events where no injuries take place, if an attack is foiled. Each account needs a valid reliable source or it may be deleted.
College and university school incidents
1800 – 1999
2000 – 2009
2010 – 2019
2020 – 2023
See also
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School bullying
School bullying, like bullying outside the school context, refers to one or more perpetrators who have greater physical strength or more social power than their victim repeatedly by acting aggressively toward their victim. Bullying can be verb ...
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School shooting
A school shooting is an attack at an educational institution, such as a primary school, secondary school, high school or university, involving the use of firearms. Many school shootings are also categorized as mass shootings due to multiple c ...
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School violence
School violence includes violence between school students as well as attacks by students on school staff. It encompasses physical violence, including Fistfighting, student-on-student fighting, corporal punishment; Psychological abuse, psychologica ...
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List of school-related attacks
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List of attacks related to primary schools
These are attacks that have occurred on school property or related primarily to school issues or events. A narrow definition of ''attack'' is used for this list to exclude attacks during warfare, robberies, gang violence, political or police atta ...
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List of attacks related to secondary schools
This is a list of attacks related to secondary schools that have occurred around the world. These are attacks that have occurred on school property or related primarily to school issues or events. A narrow definition of the word ''attacks'' is use ...
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List of rampage killers: School massacres
References
Notes
External links
School-Related Deaths, School Shootings, & School Violence Incidents: 2000–2001 ''National School Safety and Security Services''
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Crime-related lists
post-secondary
Tertiary education, also referred to as third-level, third-stage or post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank, for example, defines tertiary education as including univers ...