Tobacco Product Use Among Adults --- United States, 2012-2013

 

 

The National Center for Campus Public Safety is a new resource for campus police chiefs, directors of public safety, emergency managers, and key campus safety stakeholders. With this in mind, the National Center will be a catalyst that brings together all forms of campus public safety, professional associations, advocacy organizations, community leaders, and others to improve and expand services to those who are charged with providing a safe environment on the campuses of the nation's colleges and universities.

 

The Evolving Curriculum-Measuring Effectiveness of Change

 

The Evolving Curriculum-Measuring Effectiveness of Change is a compilation of articles and essays on efforts to reshape what and how colleges teach at a time of increased concern about how much students learn. The news and opinion articles -- collected in a print-on-demand booklet -- surveys the landscape of curricular development and learning assessment, examining trends and highlighting best practices. Research shows that creating engaging instructional environments is linked to better student achievement and better retention rates.

 

Global Learning: Defining, Designing, Demonstrating is a joint publication of NAFSA: Association of International Educators and the Association of American Colleges and Universities. This publication provides a definition and rationale for "global learning," which is a term widely used across higher education, although faculty, staff, and practitioners do not always agree about what it means. By exploring how the term and the ideas behind it are evolving, global learning is placed in the context of several important overlapping higher education change efforts, all geared toward creating engaging, supportive, instructional environments.   

 

Higher Learning Research Communications' Special Issue on Retention

 

Retention and persistence are complex issues. While a single special issue won't address the multifaceted challenges associated with getting students to graduation, Higher Learning Research Communications' Special Issue on Retention, can foster ideas that inform the next generations of research in this area. 

Drinking to Reach the Top: Young Adults' Drinking Patterns as a Predictor of Status within Natural Drinking Groups Dumas, T.A., Graham, K., Bernards, S. & Well, S. (October 2014) Addictive Behaviors

 

A Systematic Review of Primary Prevention Strategies for Sexual Violence Perpetration DeGue, S., Valle, L.A., Holt, M.K., Massetti, G.M., Matjasko, J.L. & Tharp, A.T. (July-August 2014) Aggression and Violent Behavior

 

Off-Premise Alcohol Outlet Characteristics and Violence Snowden, A.J. & Pridemore, W.A. (June 2014) The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

 

 

 

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