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November 1, 2004
| Full November 1, 2004 issue of National On-Campus Report in PDF format … |
| Drinking Study Offers ‘Reason for Optimism’ Data from the Harvard School of Public Health’s periodic studies on college students’ drinking habits usually have been discouraging. But a new report from the public health school offers some encouragement. Preliminary data show that the “A Matter of Degree” (AMOD) program, a specific approach to reducing harmful drinking, does indeed accomplish some of its goals. |
| Reconsider Blanket Psychiatric Withdrawal Rules Based on public safety and legal fears, psychiatric withdrawal policies that automatically remove from campus students who are disruptive due to mental illness might seem prudent. But such policies might actually put your campus at greater risk. |
| Dual Orientations Calm Overly Involved Parents Many institutions are seeing well-meaning but overly involved parents change the nature of new student orientation programs. |
| Parents, Students Troubled by Different College Fears A single orientation track for parents and students might not address fully the different fears that hound each group, a national study suggests. |
| Separate Tours Give Students Room to Think Well-meaning parents can interfere with their students’ college experience even before it begins. That’s one reason why Bates College sends prospective students and their parents on separate campus tours. |
| Educate Students and Parents About Sleep Loss Campuses must help students experiencing increased anxiety, general fatigue, or difficulty concentrating understand that sleep deprivation is a possible cause. |
| Contract Addresses Bad Behavior Overseas Opening up study abroad to a greater number of students has a down side, colleges and universities across the country have found: It increases the chances for student conduct problems overseas. |
| Resources Services for Men; Assessing the First College Year; Adult-Centered Education; Adult Education Report; Learning Communities Summer Institute; FAFSA Non-Completion Rates; Essays on Student Affairs |
