Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug and Violence Prevention
The U.S. Department of Education’s Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention, established in 1993, is funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Its primary role is to prevent excessive alcohol consumption, illegal drug use and violence within higher education establishments. According to the centre's mission statement:
- The mission of the U.S. Department of Education’s Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention is to assist institutions of higher education in developing, implementing, and evaluating alcohol, other drug, and violence prevention policies and programs that will foster students’ academic and social development and promote campus and community safety. [1]
Social Norms Marketing
Social Norms Marketing is currently being supported by the centre, a strategy increasingly endorsed by the alcohol industry (see The American based National Social Norms Institute.[2]
