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Frequently Asked Questions

Parents

  • Why don’t you lighten up? A lot of us drank in college and we’re okay.
  • What does the Higher Education Center do?
  • What’s the best thing a school has done? The worst thing?
  • How is the alcohol industry "managing the environment"?
  • What strategies have been proven through research?
  • What is the responsibility of the school really? Isn’t this going a little far?
  • Why do college students drink excessively?
  • What’s the biggest barrier the Center faces in trying to change things?
  • Why is an environmental approach needed?
  • If campuses crack down, won't students drink off-campus leading to a bigger drunk driving problem?
  • What are specific schools doing to solve the problem?
  • Isn’t what’s needed better education to address drinking problems among college students?

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The Higher Education Center, operated by the Center for College Health and Safety,
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