Prevention Dialogues

ARCHIVE OF TOOLS & RESOURCES

Practical information to help you understand and address these issues on your campus.

October 2010

Does FERPA limit administrators from having open communication with parents?
  • Guide: FERPA Policy Guidance, Department of Education, May 2010

September 2010

How can high schools and coalitions partner in their alcohol education efforts?
  • Video: The importance of a community-based approach, William DeJong, PhD

August 2010

What should college administrators think about as the new school year begins?
  • Reading: Setting Community Expectations and Standards at URI,
    Higher Education Center, 1998

July 2010

What can veterans teach new professionals in the field of alcohol prevention?
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  • Reading: Discovering Your Authentic Leadership,
    Harvard Business Review, 2007

June 2010

How would you define leadership in alcohol prevention?
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  • Reading: The Six Stories You Need to Know How to Tell, from Annette Simmons' The Story Factor: Inspiration, Influence, and Persuasion Through Storytelling, 2000.

May 2010

What kind of environment would be ideal for a healthy campus culture?
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  • Journal Article: The effects of heavy episodic alcohol use on student engagement, academic performance, and time use. Journal of College Student Development, 2007.

April 2010

Should the minimum legal drinking age stay at 21?
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  • Report: An Examination of the Criticisms of the Minimum Legal Drinking Age 21 Laws in the United States from a Traffic-Safety Perspective, National Highway Safety Traffic Administration, October 2008.
  • Fact Sheet: Lowering the Minimum Drinking Age

March 2010

How can we make the connection between college drinking and attrition?
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  • Journal Article: Is Heavy Drinking Really Associated With Attrition From College? The Alcohol–Attrition Paradox, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 2008

February 2010

Beyond traditional peer education, how can students change high-risk drinking culture?
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  • What is Peer Engagement?
    Outside The Classroom defines peer engagement by briefing research findings, issues, and other considerations for practitioners.
  • The Red Watch Band progam- Stony Brook University's approach to engaging students on campus. The program is "designed to end alcohol overdose deaths by teaching students how to handle alcohol emergencies and summon professional help."

January 2010

How can we create more accountability for progress in alcohol prevention?
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December 2009

Why have drinking rates not moved in the last 30 years?
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