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Matthew E. Rossheim; Bita Khoshhal; Samantha Karon; Lawrence J. Cheskin; Pamela J. Trangenstein; Cara L. Frankenfeld; Niloofar Ramezani; Alison E. Cuellar – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Examine the proportion of students with rapid firearm access and associations with recent alcohol and marijuana use. Participants: Cross-sectional data from college freshmen (n = 183) in 2020 who participated in the "Mason: Health Starts Here" study. Methods: Using logistic regression, associations were examined between past…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Drinking, Marijuana, Weapons
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Webb, Patrick; Lyons, James E., II; Patrick, Le'Brian; Arkenberg, Marnie E.; Robinson, B. Renee – Journal of Negro Education, 2021
Compared to non-HBCU institutions, studies associated with student perceptions of campus crimes in HBCU settings are limited. Utilizing survey data from two HBCUs, nearly 200 students express their opinions in association with victimization, offender characteristics, and campus safety strategies. Descriptive results indicate high levels of support…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Students, African American Students, College Environment
Morton, Emily – Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis, 2021
Four-day school weeks have proliferated across the United States in recent years, reaching over 650 public school districts in 24 states as of 2019, but little is known about the effects of the four-day school week on high school students. This study uses district-level panel data from Oklahoma and a difference-in-differences research design to…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Adolescents, High School Students, Academic Achievement
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Bernier, Anthony; Males, Mike – Thought & Action, 2017
That campuses suffer unacceptable levels of violence is undisputable; they are part of a larger American society in which family, community, and institutional violence far exceed levels found in comparable Western nations. And yet, amid the finger-pointing and scapegoating of students as violent, we note a critical lack of evidence-based analysis,…
Descriptors: Violence, Crime, Risk, College Environment
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Schuck, Amie M. – Research in Higher Education, 2017
The goal of this study is to evaluate the effect of crime and discipline on graduation rates in higher education. Using national data on more than 1250 public and private non-profit institutions that were drawn from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, the results reveal that more violence on and around campus is associated with…
Descriptors: Crime, Discipline, Academic Achievement, Graduation Rate
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Shulman, Lawrence; Maguin, Eugene – Children & Schools, 2017
The University at Buffalo School of Social Work established the VISA Center (the acronym stands for "vision, integrity, service, and accountability") in collaboration with the school district of Buffalo, New York. With funding from the New York State Education Department, a university on-campus center was set up to serve 30 students at a…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Weapons, Social Work, Program Descriptions