Get the facts about what’s going on at campuses across the country and how universities’ failure to emphasize their academic mission has created a vacuum that is filled by substance abuse. Almost 600,000 students were assaulted last year by a student who had been drinking. 40% of college students report binge drinking in the last two weeks. Find out how you as a trustee can address the problem.
As colleges and universities acknowledge the connection between behavioral health and student success, ACTA releases this powerful report calling for a new level of awareness and collaborative action by presidents and trustees to address student alcohol and drug use. The report provides examples of successful, evidence-based programs implemented at institutions across the country, and it emphasizes that the most effective approaches […]
On March 11, the New York Times reported that five West Point cadets were among seven New York college students who overdosed on cocaine laced with fentanyl during a spring break trip to Florida. Two of the students went into cardiac arrest from exposure to the substance after they performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on two other […]
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a division of the National Institutes of Health, recently published the results of its annual study comparing drug and alcohol use trends of college students versus their peers not in college. Marijuana use among college students is now at “the highest level in over three-and-a-half decades” with a […]
The responsibility for changing a campus culture that has been accepting of excessive substance use has largely fallen on college presidents, but a new report suggests that a more coordinated approach is necessary to achieve success, with trustees needing to step up their role. The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) intends to send […]
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