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Within the last five years, two-year and four-year colleges and universities have increased their focus on increasing persistence and completion rates for college students. 

Safety concerns in college football had risen to such a crisis level a century ago that then-President Theodore Roosevelt, a big fan, demanded rule changes be made to protect students playing the sport.

Sally Linowski, Ph.D., CHES; Associate Dean of Students at UMass Amherst

The negative impact of excessive drinking and substance use on one’s physical health is well documented. What is often overlooked is the ways in which substance use can interfere with academic engagement, which sometimes can be subtler, but also very serious.