Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Compliance at Michigan Community Colleges

Autor/in	Custer, Bradley D.
Titel	Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Compliance at Michigan Community Colleges
Quelle	In: Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 42 (2018) 4, S.258-273 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Custer, Bradley D.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1066-8926
DOI	10.1080/10668926.2017.1285731
Schlagwörter	Compliance (Legal); Community Colleges; Educational Environment; Educational Legislation; Drug Abuse; Alcohol Abuse; Prevention; Content Analysis; Program Implementation; Fidelity; Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Inhaltsanalyse
Abstract	In 1989, Congress passed the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Amendments to address illegal alcohol and drug abuse on college campuses. To receive federal funding, each college must comply by implementing an alcohol and drug prevention program, but the federal government and some colleges have paid little attention to this policy. Recently, the Department of Education vowed to intensify its scrutiny of colleges and has begun issuing fines for noncompliance. There have been no studies on this topic in over 20 years, leaving community college administrators, in particular, without guidance on how to implement the required programs. In this study, I analyzed public reports from Michigan community colleges to evaluate compliance with the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act and to examine their alcohol and drug programs. I found that 21 of Michigan's 28 community colleges partially complied with the Act, only two implemented all the required mandates, and five were noncompliant. Most notably, colleges failed to collect substantive programmatic outcomes data, and few offered evidence-based alcohol and drug prevention programs to students. I provide rationale for why colleges should invest in improving compliance and the quality of alcohol and drug programs, and I offer seven recommendations to community college administrators on how to do so. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01