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Core Institute Survey

The Core Institute at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale Student Health Center began as a federally funded service but now operates on a cost recovery basis. The standard surveys offered by the Core Institute quantify and document college students' attitudes, perceptions, and opinions about alcohol and drugs. The surveys also measure alcohol and other drug use behaviors and consequences of use. The Institute has the largest database on alcohol and other drug use at post-secondary educational institutions. The principal surveys offered by the Core Institute are the Short Form (2 pages) and Long Form (4 pages) of the Core Alcohol and Drug Use Survey. These can be administered as paper and pencil questionnaires or as online Web-based surveys. The Core Institute provides a standard statistical report to participating institutions and published national statistical report. (http://core.siu.edu)

TheLouisiana Center Addressing Substance Use (LaCASU) of Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge coordinates biennial survey administration conducted by most institutions of higher education (IHEs) throughout the state. The most recent survey was completed in the Spring 2013. The Core Institute Survey provides individual institutions of higher education (IHEs) with information to assess their student population and campus environment. This information can be used to develop preventive policy and programming, and to monitor change. This is consistent with the risk and protective framework used in other prevention service settings. Greater New Orleans institutions of higher education (IHEs) participating in the 2013 survey included: Tulane University; Southern University of New Orleans; Loyola University of New Orleans; Dillard University; Delgado Community College; and University of New Orleans.

Results of the 2013 Core Institute Alcohol and Drug Use Survey are available on the LaCASU Web site (http://uiswcmsweb.prod.lsu.edu/edco/lacasu/). Selected indicators have also been entered into the Louisiana Social Indicators data base (http://www.bach-harrison.com/lasocialindicators/) which include regional results from 2009, 2011 and 2013. For 2013, Louisiana statewide and regional reports are based on the Short Form (2-page) version of the Core Institute Survey. The Short Form does not include most of risk and protective factor content and some of the consequences content available in the Long Form.

Standard Reports

• National results, 2011
• Louisiana Statewide, 2013
  
• Louisiana Statewide, 2011
  
• Greater New Orleans (Region 1), 2013 (N/A)
• Greater New Orleans (Region 1), 2011
  
• Louisiana Social Indicators
  

Documentation

• Short Form (2013)
  
• Long Form (2013)
  
• Protocol: Paper and Pencil versus Online Survey
  

Reports & Presentations

• The College Party? Drinking and Drug Use Trends among College Students in Louisiana (presented July 2013)
• Alcohol and Drug Trends among College Students in Louisiana (presented 2013)
  
• Data Brief: Collegiate Substance Use in Louisiana, October 2012
  
• 2011 Core Alcohol & Drug Survey: the Need, the Results, the Application (presented July 2011)