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Unit 3
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The Dark Side of the College Experience:
The Example of Alcohol Abuse
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Outcomes for Today
Discuss the impact of University Culture on Drinking Behaviors
Discuss how Colleges are Responding to Risky Drinking
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Alcohol Abuse on Campus
1,800+ Students die every year of alcohol related causes
600,000 are injured while drunk
Almost 100,000 become victims of alcohol-influenced sexual assaults
1 in 4 say academic performance has suffered from drinking
Binge Drinking rate ~40%
With these statistics, why haven’t Colleges stopped students from binge drinking? Do you think it’s the ‘job’ or responsibility of colleges to police drinking for students?
- Drinking is so central to students’ expectations of college that they will fight for what they see as a basic right- Syracuse University tried to limit a large outdoor gathering and outraged students labeled the campus a police state.
THINK~PAIR~SHARE
How do the culture, rituals, and traditions of a university influence alcohol use on campus?
What do the examples from the text teach us?
University of Georgia- A campus ecosystem presents competing interests- business owners selling the booze, determined alumni who want to hold onto traditions, pressure from local government to keep the liquor sales taxes coming, parents who often support their children’s poor decisions.
Students come to college with an expectation to ‘get drunk’ and party.
The allure of being named a ‘party school’.
Fraternity and Sororities
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Why Haven’t Colleges Stopped Students from Binge Drinking?
Colleges treat alcohol abuse as an individual program
Messaging information isn’t what changes behavior, enforcement changes behavior.
Many look the other way
Cheep and easy to access alcohol
Lenient attitudes towards underage drinking
Greek systems
Alcohol-soaked traditions
Reluctant to take on key stakeholders
Boosters, alumni, local businesses,
politicians
Undeterred by evidence that information alone isn’t enough- colleges continue to treat alcohol abuse as an individual problem, one that can be fixed primarily through education. Institutions are committed to the idea that if they just provide the right information or the right message, that will do the trick.
Environmental factors such as bars surrounding campuses, cheap drinks and promotions, fraternity or sororities and easy access to alcohol. Traditions such as tailgates and spring flings that promote and encourage binge drinking; Drinking begins in high school
What are colleges doing?
Creating Alcohol Policies
Creating Social-Norming Campaigns
Providing Educational Programs
Sending out Student Surveys
This is the relatively easy, noncontroversial stuff- angry alumni won’t rise up over an online prevention course
What is Temple University doing?
Consistently enforcing their alcohol policies
Compliance checks to monitor illegal alcohol sales
Restrict the number of outlets selling alcohol
Reduce cheap drink specials at local bars
What aren’t colleges doing?
Yet, restricting easy access to alcohol and penalizing students who break the rules do make a difference.
Fewer than half consistently enforce their alcohol policies at tailgates, in dormitories, and at fraternity and sorority houses. Only a third do compliance checks to monitor illegal alcohol sales in nearby neighborhoods. 7% try to restrict the number of outlets selling alcohol, and 2% work to reduce cheap drink specials at local bars
Safer California Universities tested a series of community-based prevention strategies and found that the number of people getting drunk at off-campus parties and bars dropped significantly. They used:
DUI checks
Underage decoys
Party patrols
Enforcement of local ordinances that hold hosts liable for any trouble caused by drunken guests
Communicate that it is the institution mission to education and provide a supportive learning environment.
Prevention advocates hope that scrutiny of sexual assault on campus will result in more attention to alcohol abuse
Using money as a way to talk
How can colleges reframe the issue?
Many say they don’t want to police the school and students- they’d prefer to treat students as young adults who can make good choices with the right motivation. When reframing the issue that it is the university’s mission to education and provide a supportive learning environment to all, they were on board to change. Not all students drink, and not all drink heavily. Their rights are being violated, their ability to study, to sleep, to walk across campus safely.
The Connection between sexual assault and alcohol abuse has been well documented. The increased media coverage and federal pressure on sexual assault prevention will hopefully also lead to more attention on alcohol abuse.
Frostburg State University calculated that alcohol abuse costs 1 million in staff time and lost tuition over a recent four year period. Putting a price tag on the problem may lead to motivating a crack down on off-campus parties, work with local law enforcement, and raise expectations among students.
When Mr. Porter was a child, he used to sit on his mother’s lap in the front seat of their Buick. She’d be smoking a cigarette. Nobody was wearing seat belts. “Today we’d be aghast”
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THINK~PAIR~SHARE
A generation from now, will we feel the same way about binge drinking?
What do the examples from the text teach us?
University of Georgia- A campus ecosystem presents competing interests- business owners selling the booze, determined alumni who want to hold onto traditions, pressure from local government to keep the liquor sales taxes coming, parents who often support their children’s poor decisions.
Students come to college with an expectation to ‘get drunk’ and party.
The allure of being named a ‘party school’.
Fraternity and Sororities
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California State University at Chico: Changing a Party Culture
Lehigh University: Keeping Tabs on Fraternities and Sororities
Yale University: Ivies, Too, Have Problems
University of Nebraska at Lincoln: Community Coalition
4 Campuses Respond to Risky Drinking
1. California State University at Chico- Variety of Measures: More regulation, parent education, and quicker intervention when trouble arises
2. Lehigh University- Green Life: Invested millions into Greek system; improved living conditions, more staff and leadership training. Made groups undergo annual accreditation; stricter penalties for consuming hard liquor and more alcohol-free social events
3. Yale University- Community Issue: Administrators are brining people on the decentralized campus together to discuss alcohol programs, enforce roles and encourage students to seek help.
4. University of Nebraska at Lincoln: Coordination- Relying heavily on data; detox centers ask people where they’ve had their last drink (helps identify problem houses and bars); Used peer-pressure to stop outrageous cheap-drink specials; Use noise ordinance to crack down on landlord who tolerate wild parties.
High-level leadership and frank, public recognition of challenges can help colleges take them on
Collaborating with local bodies like a city or hospitality council allows for a comprehensive approach
In-Class Activity
You were just appointed Dean of Students at State University. Currently, State University is experiencing increased issues with drug and alcohol abuse on campus. In addition, five cases of sexual assault were reported in the last two months. What strategies will you implement to address these issues?
Work in Groups of 4 or 5
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Next Steps
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Next Steps:
Readings for Monday Next Week.
Questions?
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