Parental Notification Study Released

Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, studied the impact of its parental notification policy. University officials compared data from the 1999-2000 Fall and Winter quarters with data from the same time period the previous year and found that the number of alcohol- or drug-related cases fell 36 percent. The number of repeat cases also fell, from 15 the prior year to eight in the year when parental notification was implemented. This article from the Ohio University Post provides detailed findings about the policy to contact parents of students in trouble with OU judiciaries.