The CORE Faculty and Staff Environmental Alcohol and Other Drug Survey was developed in 1993. It consists of sub-scales developed to assess faculty and staff perceptions of alcohol and other drug problems on campus, awareness of policy and policy enforcement, support for programming efforts to combat alcohol and other drugs problems, awareness of university assessment efforts and faculty and staff's perceived ability to identify students who are experiencing a problem and refer them for help. Additional questions were added to measure faculty and staff alcohol and other drug use, as well as their perceptions of student and other faculty and staff use. The basis for this instrument was the assumption that faculty and staff attitudes, perceptions, and beliefs about the extent of alcohol and other drug problems are a major influence on the campus environment.

For more information on the CORE Institute's Faculty and Staff Environmental Alcohol and Other Drug Survey (including detailed information on the reliability and validity of the survey instrument) can be obtained from the CORE Institute's website .

Major findings for faculty/staff include:

• 93.4 percent believe that NDSU is concerned about the prevention of alcohol and other drug use.
• 94.7 percent believe that student academic performance is affected by alcohol and other drug use.
• 86.9 percent believe that alcohol and other drug use negatively affects the overall quality of student life.
• 97.5 percent are aware of NDSU's alcohol and other drug policies and 92.3 percent believe the policy also applies to faculty/staff.
• 82.5 percent have seen copies of NDSU's alcohol and other drug policy.
• 54.4 percent do not know if NDSU's policies are consistently enforce.
• 69.5 percent know how to identify a student or colleague with alcohol or other drug problems.
• 61.4 percent do not wish to be involved in alcohol and other drug prevention efforts, however, 60.3 percent would attend a workshop dealing with alcohol and other drug prevention/education.

The complete CORE Faculty and Staff Environmental Alcohol and Other Drug Survey Summary is available below:

2008 CORE Faculty and Staff Environmental Alcohol and Other Drug Survey Summary