President's Commission on Reducing Student Substance Abuse
Mission Statement
To identify and recommend initiatives and strategies to reduce substance abuse among IUP students.
Goals
- To develop recommendations to reduce excessive high risk consumption of alcohol and intoxication by IUP students.
- To develop recommendations to reduce the illegal use of substances by IUP students.
- To develop recommendations to reduce under-age drinking by IUP students.
- To develop recommendations to reduce driving under the influence by IUP students.
- To identify and examine existing programs established at IUP over the last ten to fifteen years to reduce substance abuse by students.
- To identify and recommend national "best practices" for reducing student substance abuse at IUP
Commission Structure and Phases of Development
Phase One
- Select a commission steering committee
- Prepare a mission statement
- Develop commission goals
Phase Two
- Decide on commission membership
- Establish commission subcommittees
- Select subcommittee chairs
- Assign commission members to subcommittees
Phase Three
Establish subcommittee tasks and assignments
- Current IUP Substance Abuse Programs: Identify, discuss, and prepare an overview of current IUP substance abuse programs/efforts to reduce substance abuse by IUP students
- Literature Review Committee: Identify, discuss and prepare an overview of other notable college substance abuse programs and research findings about college student's abuse of alcohol and other drugs
- Best Practices Committee: Identify, discuss and prepare an overview of research-based college programs to reduce student substance abuse
Phase Four
- Discuss feasibility for the applications of best practices programs at IUP
- Develop commission's recommendations
- Produce final report
Membership of the President’s Commission on Reducing Student Substance Abuse
Recommended ReadingRecommended reading on reducing student substance abuse.
Literature SubcommitteeThe Literature Subcommittee identified, discussed and prepared a written overview of research findings on notable college and community programs to reduce student substance abuse.
Current Practices SubcommitteeThe Current Practices Subcommittee identified, discussed, and prepared an overview of current and previous efforts during the past five to ten years to reduce substance abuse by IUP students.
The Best Practices Subcommittee identified, discussed, and prepared an overview of research-based college programs to reduce student substance abuse.
Meeting Agenda: January 18, 2006Steering and Sub-committee chairs meeting
Final ReportRecommendations for Action: Final Report of the President’s Commission on Reducing Student Substance Abuse