QUICK FACTS FROM AEP RESEARCH

Policies on College Campuses

What types of alcohol policies exist on college campuses?

A phone survey of administrators at 73 four-year colleges in Minnesota and Wisconsin revealed:

• 78% prohibit beer kegs.
  
• 82% provide alcohol-free housing for students.
  
• 59% ban alcohol advertisements in school newspapers.
  
• 32% prohibit all alcohol use on campus.
  
• Public schools were 4 times more likely than private schools to accept alcohol industry-sponsored gifts.
  
• Smaller schools were more likely than larger schools to
  prohibit alcohol advertising on school radio stations.

For more information order publication number:

11.6.148:
Mitchell RJ, Toomey TL, Erickson D. Alcohol policies on college campuses. Journal of American College Health 2005; 53(4):149-157 .