Objective: We assessed whether college-student characteristics associate with food security and fruit and vegetable (FV) intake and whether these associations differ in students in housing with and without food provision. Participants: 514 randomly-sampled students from a large, Midwestern, public university in 2012 and 2013 Methods: Ordered…

Describes and analyzes the communication perspectives of freshman as they adjust to the new environment and their role as university students. Focuses on how their communication perspectives might differ in conjunction with differences in residence arrangements (campus dormitories, greek sororities or fraternity houses, and at home with parents).…

Examined rape-supportive attitudes among male college students (n=160) who varied by campus housing arrangement (single-sex residence halls, coeducational residence halls, fraternities) and exposure to education on sexual violence. Findings suggest that coeducational residence hall residents hold significantly less traditional ideas of gender…

A survey of 941 randomly selected students on the Twin Cities campuses of the University of Minnesota indicated that 72 percent or an estimated 28,800 students lived or would consider living near the campuses. Of the 28,800 students it was estimated that 11,000 students did not live in the university area but would consider doing so. Both single…

A study was done of college students' perceptions of their own consumption of alcohol and their perception of their alcohol-related problems. The study surveyed 92 undergraduates students from a public college in northeastern United States. The sample was limited to students between the ages of 18 and 22. Fifty-four percent were female, and 46…

Results of an evaluation of the first year of operation of the Campus Alcohol Education Service at the University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, are examined. The Student Alcohol Survey, which is primarily a program planning instrument and secondarily a source of information on program effects, was completed by 465 undergraduates. Responses…