Resources for Class Assignments

The Center receives many requests for information from students researching alcohol and other drug use for class assignments. For information and statistics on high-risk drinking among college students, consider the following resources:

For Statistics

Monitoring the Future
http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/
Institute for Social Research
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
The Monitoring the Future (MTF) project, begun in 1975, tracks changes in the beliefs, attitudes, and behavior of young people in the United States. It repeats surveys of same segments of the population (8th, 10th, and 12th graders; college students; and young adults) with the same set of questions over a period of years to see how answers change over time. Monitoring the Future has been funded under a series of competing, investigator-initiated research grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Core Institute
http://www.siu.edu/~coreinst/
Center for Alcohol and Drug Studies
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901
Phone: (618) 453-4366
Email: coreinst@siu.edu

The Core Institute provides results from its national survey of college students, which include statistics on usage rates, campus violence, substance use-related consequences, perceptions, and the campus environment.

Harvard School of Public Health
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cas
Department of Health and Social Behavior
Harvard School of Public Health
677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: (617) 432-1135

The Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study (CAS) is an ongoing survey of over 14,000 students at 120 four-year colleges in 40 states. The CAS study examines high-risk behaviors among college students, such as heavy episodic or binge drinking, smoking, illicit drug use, gun possession, violence, and other behavioral, social, and health problems confronting today's American college students.

For General Information

Browse the Center's Publications and download or order them as a resource for your project.
Visit the Research and Reports section for more resources and research articles.

Resources On Campus

On campus resources include your campus library, counseling center, health services, Dean for Students' office, Alcohol and Other Drug Coordinator, faculty, and other students (peer educators).