Texarkana College Research Paper

Texarkana experienced harsh weather on the week of November 7, resulting in the cancellation of classes at Texarkana College.
Stephen Gass, TC Chief of Police said “The U.S. Department of Education initiated a federal mandate that all institutions of higher education shall implement a system of delivering crucial and critical information to all having a vested interest in what occurs on a college campus.”
The RAVE system is beneficial in that students can receive important information in a timely manner. The text messages are easiest to receive because they simply show up on the phone without having to really check anything, and students check texts more frequently.
“We have chosen RAVE to be an OPT-OUT system meaning all students are automatically registered at the time they sign up for classes”, said TC’s Director of Public Safety, Jeff Cottingham.
Michael W. Dumdei, Chief Information Officer said, “Important events, such as school closings or delayed starts, are posted on the TC web site and for things like that it is probably the second best source of