The report does not make specific suggestions, but instead outlines “broad recommendations to provide vision and direction to guide ongoing efforts,” according to the final document.
The ACC recommended the establishment of a permanent alcohol committee, which will be headed next fall by Director of Campus Life Amy Campbell and Elizabeth Dilday ’09, Vice President for Campus Life Janet Dickerson said.
“Far and away, the main recommendation is for this ongoing coalition to continue our efforts,” Kulkarni explained. “We had time to do brainstorming, develop ideas and get the ball rolling, but we didn’t have the time or expertise to do the due diligence on all the ideas that came out.”
Specific initiatives that the permanent committee will consider include a party-registration system, reestablishing a campus pub, promoting effective communication of alcohol guidelines through brochures and websites, gathering more data on high-risk drinking through surveys and reviewing alcohol education for incoming and current students, Kulkarni said.
The report explained that a system of registering parties would provide a safer atmosphere for mixed-age parties.
“When properly planned and hosted, mixed-age parties offer a situation that many see as crucial to improving campus alcohol culture, but which our campus lacks,” the ACC report said. A registration system may also establish trust between administrators and students, the report noted.
A potential party-registration system has already been taken up by a working group, Dickerson said. “I expect that we’ll have news to report ... by the beginning of the fall term, or soon thereafter,” she explained.
In an interview with The Daily Princetonian last week, Offorjebe said that the idea for a pub was “definitely strongly recommended through students and faculty and staff.” The USG’s Committee on Background and Opportunity also suggested establishing a campus pub.
The ACC’s report cited academic and social pressure at Princeton as the main factors motivating students to engage in high-risk drinking. “Students feel especially high pressure to succeed, whether in the classroom or in a social affiliation and this pressure is frequently linked to high-risk drinking,” the report explained. The dominance of the eating clubs in the campus social scene may also increase high-risk drinking, according to the report.
Observations about the causes of high-risk drinking were based on anecdotal evidence from stdents who participated in surveys and workshops, as well as on records from Public Safety, University Health Services and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, Kulkarni said. The ACC has declined to release the data.
The permanent committee, however, will address the “management, use and dissemination” of the information, Kulkarni explained.
Kulkarni said that the recommendation to improve data collection on high-risk drinking has already been taken into account this year in the form of a survey sent to members of the senior class about alcohol use during their time at Princeton.
Director of Health Promotion Gina Abrams is reviewing the University’s use of AlcholEdu to educate incoming freshmen about high-risk drinking, Dickerson said.
This initiative is in line with recommendation in the ACC report to “coordinate a comprehensive, intentional approach to alcohol education during freshman orientation, reduce duplication and eliminate ineffective strategies.”
Dickerson said that Abrams has gathered data about the effectiveness of the program and has “been in touch with the company to see whether the program can be modified to be more Princeton-specific.”
In addition to the recommendations that will likely be taken up in the near future, the report also made some recommendations that Kulkarni characterized as “initiatives that may unfold gradually over the coming years.”
The plan was presented to the Healthier Princeton Advisory Board on May 9.
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