What does the Higher Education Center do?

The Center is a contract service of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools. At one level, the Center helps post-secondary institutions comply with a 1986 Federal law that requires campuses to have prevention policies, programs, and periodic assessment as a condition of eligibility for Federal financial assistance. At a higher level, the Center assists colleges and universities develop and sustain safe, healthy, and learning-conducive environments for students, staff, faculty, and surrounding communities.
The Center offers an array of services—training, technical assistance and publications—to institutions looking to address problems associated with alcohol, other drugs, and violence on college campuses.
The Center does this by stimulating the development of campus task forces, campus and community coalitions, and regional initiatives to address the issue.
The Center's approach is based on environmentally-focused prevention strategies.

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