It summarizes thirteen innovative and effective alcohol prevention programs that were identified through a national grant competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. Free copies of the brochure are available from the Century Council, which is funded by America's leading distillers. This guide is excerpted from an article by William DeJong, Director of the Higher Education Center, and Linda Devine, Assistant Dean of Student Life at the University of Oregon. The original article appeared in The College Parent Advisor , published by College Parents of America. This practical 142-page book suggests a series of activities and specific scenarios to help families communicate about their values and how students might respond to situations they are likely to encounter in college.
Some colleges say nothing on the subject of alcohol and other drug use.
Here is a sampling of what some institutions are saying to parents on campuses where the issue is being dealt with head-on. A new law clearly permits schools to inform parents if their son or daughter violates local, state, or federal laws, as well as school policies governing the use or possession of alcohol or controlled substances. This article by Joel Epstein, Associate Director of the Higher Education Center, describes the background and initial implementation of the 1998 parental notification law. Ohio University in Athens recently studied the impact of its newly-implemented parental notification policy. The number of repeat cases also fell, from 15 the prior year to 8 in the year when parental notification was implemented.