Faculty Impact Through Curriculum Infusion
Curriculum infusion is the process of integrating substance abuse prevention content into courses that are regularly offered across the curriculum. Faculty have substantial potential for impacting student attitudes and behavior, including attitudes and behavior towards alcohol and other drugs. Curriculum infusion is not a program that provides speakers on substance abuse for courses, nor is it a program where drug prevention staff or student peers speak in classes when faculty are absent. Faculty-designed prevention content may comprise a two or three-week unit of a course, or the substance abuse prevention content may be woven thematically throughout a course:
- Offer and promote social, recreational, extracurricular, and public service options that do not include alcohol and drugs.
- Create a social, academic, and residential environment that supports health-promoting norms.
- Limit alcohol availability both on and off campus.
- Restrict marketing and promotion of alcoholic beverages both on and off campus.
- Develop and enforce campus policies and local, state, and federal laws.