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Download full textHigher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention, 2008
This guide offers a straightforward method for gathering and reporting student survey data on substance use-related problems. It will be of particular interest to program directors for AOD prevention programs on campus, or to members of a campus-based task force or campus and community coalition that is charged with assessing the need for new…
Descriptors: Prevention, Student Surveys, College Students, School Safety
Direct linkGilroy, Marilyn – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2009
More than 1,700 students between the ages of 18 and 24 die each year from alcohol-related causes, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). These students succumb to alcohol poisoning, cardiac arrest, or injuries from falls off dorm room balconies or other heights on campus. The problem of binge drinking, defined…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Alcohol Education, Alcohol Abuse, Drinking
Peer reviewedKraft, David P. – Journal of American College Health, 2009
In 1910, the first college mental health service sought to help college students with personality development and building a healthy mind. In 1920, the meeting that founded the American College Health Association (ACHA) identified "mental hygiene" as important, although a separate Mental Health Section was not established in ACHA until 1957.…
Descriptors: Health Services, Counseling Services, Campuses, Prevention
Ryan, Barbara E., Ed. – US Department of Education, 2008
The U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention publishes "Catalyst," a newsletter covering current Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence (AODV) prevention issues at institutions of higher education. "Catalyst" discusses emerging issues and highlights innovative efforts on…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Prevention, Drug Abuse, Governance
Wuthrich, Christian K. – NASPA Journal, 2009
This study explores the phenomenon of interpersonal violence associated with alcohol abuse and sorority membership at a midsized state university in the West. Using Millennial theory as the conceptual framework, 180 reflection papers from women in two sororities were analyzed using qualitative content analysis to determine how they applied harm…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Sororities, Group Membership
Turner, James; Perkins, H. Wesley; Bauerle, Jennifer – Journal of American College Health, 2008
Objective: The authors examined whether alcohol-related negative consequences decreased among students exposed to an intervention. Participants: Beginning in 1999, approximately 2,500 randomly selected undergraduates from a 4-year US university annually participated in a Web-based survey over 6 years. Methods: The educational intervention used…
Descriptors: Intervention, Drinking, Norms, Alcohol Abuse
Hoover, Eric – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
A gentleman does not steal horses, spit food across the table, or pee on peoples' shoes. By that definition, John "Bluto" Blutarsky is not a gentleman, but something more extraordinary. The fictional antihero of "National Lampoon's Animal House," Bluto is a slovenly symbol of irreverence, a bloated personification of the id. Bored by the past and…
Descriptors: Laws, Films, Popular Culture, Fraternities
Ryan, Barbara E., Ed. – US Department of Education, 2008
The U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention publishes "Catalyst," a newsletter covering current Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence (AODV) prevention issues at institutions of higher education. "Catalyst" discusses emerging issues and highlights innovative efforts on…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Prevention, Drug Abuse, Campuses
Ryan, Barbara E., Ed. – US Department of Education, 2007
The U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention publishes "Catalyst," a newsletter covering current Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence (AODV) prevention issues at institutions of higher education. "Catalyst" discusses emerging issues and highlights…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Community Relationship, Sexual Abuse, Drug Abuse
Langford, Linda; DeJong, William – Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention, 2008
The nation's institutions of higher education continue to face serious problems with respect to student alcohol and other drug abuse and violence (AODV). For campus administrators, deciding how to respond effectively means understanding and taking into account both the complexity of these social problems and the individuality of each campus…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Social Problems, Colleges, Prevention
Ryan, Barbara E., Ed. – US Department of Education, 2008
The U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention publishes "Catalyst," a newsletter covering current Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence (AODV) prevention issues at institutions of higher education. "Catalyst" discusses emerging issues and highlights…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Prevention, Drug Abuse, Campuses
North Dakota University System, 2007
The Annual Report of the North Dakota Higher Education Consortium for Substance Abuse Prevention (NDHECSAP) indicates the extent to which prevention services on North Dakota (ND) campuses assist in harm reduction and student retention. Recently a number of national studies have indicated increased attention to collegiate high-risk drinking and the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Consortia, Substance Abuse, Prevention
Venable, Riley H.; Strano, Donald A.; Watson, Zarus E. P. – 1998
Raising the legal drinking age nationally was designed to decrease highway deaths, but it has not seemed to have affected the drinking behavior of 18-20 year old college students. In August of 1995, the Louisiana legislature raised the legal minimum drinking age to 21. This provided a unique opportunity to examine the effects of a change in legal…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, College Students, Drinking, Higher Education
Segars, Lance, Ed.; Akinola, Olayinka, Ed. – Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention, 2009
The U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention has developed this annotated bibliography to provide those interested in prevention at colleges and universities--and in surrounding communities--with a ready reference of current, important, and available information resources.…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Journal Articles, Prevention, Alcohol Abuse
Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, Newton, MA. – 2003
This publication describes a variety of prevention strategies that campus and community prevention coalitions can consider as they develop a strategic plan for combating underage drinking and DUI, with a particular emphasis on creating environmental change. This analysis is grounded in a summary of the research literature published in 2002 by the…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Higher Education, Prevention, School Health Services
