How To Reduce High-Risk College Drinking: Use Proven Strategies, Fill Research Gaps
Research-based Recommendations: What Colleges Can Do Now; Filling Key Research Gaps
The reviews of existing research commissioned by the Panel found a substantial number of
approaches with moderate to significant evidence of effectiveness. They also found a few
strategies that were clearly ineffective. For the most part, the approaches identified
targeted:
The environment,
Students as individuals or by specific group (e.g., women, members of sororities or
fraternities, athletes),
Colleges and their surrounding communities as a whole, and
Issues affecting the implementation of prevention programs aimed at reducing high-risk
drinking and its consequences.