HEC/News-Announcements

The Higher Education Center is pleased to make the following announcements:

1) Alcohol Pricing

A number of public health and economic studies have concluded that alcohol availability is related to high-risk and illegal drinking and associated negative consequences.

The theory is that increased alcohol availability leads to increased adverse consequences. Therefore, strategies that limit availability, such as enforcing the minimum legal drinking age, imposing restrictions on where and when alcohol can be served or sold, and increasing the price of alcoholic beverages, should lead to reductions in negative consequences (e.g., impaired driving, alcohol-related interpersonal violence, vandalism, and low grades due to heavy drinking).

Alcohol is a price-sensitive product, especially for young people. That means that increasing the cost of alcohol can be an effective strategy to consider as part of a comprehensive approach to reducing alcohol-related problems on campuses and in surrounding communities.

Some tools for increasing alcohol prices are:

- Eliminating low-price drink specials and happy hours
- Imposing local fees on alcohol retailers to support increased liquor law enforcement
- Indexing state and federal alcohol excise tax rates to account for inflation over time

If you would like to learn more, please visit the Hot Topic section of the Higher Education Center Web site: http://www.higheredcenter.org/services/assistance/topics/alcohol-pricing

2) Job Opportunities

The following positions were recently posted to the Job Opportunities section of the Center's Web site:

CHASCo Director
Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association (TICUA)

For more information on these and other recent job postings, please visit the Job Opportunities section of the Center's Web site:
http://www.higheredcenter.org/jobs

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The Higher Education Center news service (HEC/News) is provided by the U.S. Department
of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence
Prevention as a way to disseminate news and information related to alcohol and other
drug abuse and violence prevention on campus and in surrounding communities. Through
its Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, the Department funds the Center under
contract number ED-04-CO-0137. The contracting officer's representative is Phyllis
Scattergood. The content of HEC/News does not necessarily reflect the views or policies
of the U.S. Department of Education, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial
products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. government.

For more information visit http://www.higheredcenter.org/services/assistance/news/disclaimer.
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