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Student Discipline: The Case against Legalistic Approaches
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Lake, Peter F. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
In their efforts to manage the college environment, many higher-education institutions have deployed complex systems of student discipline--often in the form of legalistic codes of conduct. Paradoxically, says the author, major challenges involving students on campuses appear to be getting worse: high-risk alcohol/drug use persists; student…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Discipline Problems, Discipline, Drug Use
Changes in Attitudes: Addressing Alcohol Abuse through Education and Student Leadership.
West, Michael – Campus Activities Programming, 1994
College students drink more alcohol than the general population, and the nature of college life is a strong influence on students' drinking behavior. Reduction in student drinking behavior depends not only on establishment and enforcement of rules but also on education about the principles behind the policies. (MSE)
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, College Environment, College Students
Alcohol and the American College Campus: A Report from the Harvard School of Public Health.
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Wechsler, Henry – Change, 1996
A Harvard School of Public Health survey of 17,592 college students concerning alcohol consumption found 84% reported drinking during the school year, with 19% frequent binge drinkers. Half of these were binge drinkers in high school. Also investigated were other drug use, dangerous behavior, secondhand binge effects, and gender effects. A 12-step…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, Alcoholism, Behavior Patterns
Demographic and Academic Trends in Drinking Patterns and Alcohol-Related Problems on Dry College Campuses
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Taylor, Dexter M.; Johnson, Mark B.; Voas, Robert B.; Turrisi, Robert – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 2006
Restricting alcohol consumption on campus is a measure often used by college administrators to prevent alcohol abuse and-alcohol-related problems. The effect of dry campus policies on alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems, however, remains poorly understood. This report will compare characteristics of two dry campuses with descriptions…
Descriptors: Drinking, Undergraduate Students, Universities, Student Surveys
Enforcing the Minimum Drinking Age Law: A Survey of College Administrators and Security Chiefs. Current Research Summary. Bulletin Series: Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention.
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Wechsler, Henry; Moeykens, Barbara A.; DeJong, William – 1995
This bulletin reviews the results of a survey of college administrators and security officials by the Harvard School of Public Health concerning their schools' policies regarding alcohol problems on campus. A total of 529 respondents from 347 public and private four-year institutions were asked to complete a mailed questionnaire which examined…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, Discipline Policy, Drinking
Designing Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Programs in Higher Education: Bringing Theory into Practice.
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Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, Newton, MA. – 1997
This volume contains 6 of the 17 papers written under the auspices of the Approaches to Accountability in Prevention Program sponsored by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (ED) from 1988 through 1991 to foster the development of papers examining theoretical applications of alcohol and other drug (AOD) prevention programs at…
Descriptors: Accountability, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, College Environment