PAC Mission & Objectives:

To reduce the high risk use ATOD at Central Connecticut State University and within our community.  Achieving these objectives positively impacts the mission of CCSU by:

• Improving the health and safety of individuals within the CCSU and surrounding community.

• Improving the retention and graduation rates of our students.

• Improving the relationship of the university with the local community.

• Enhancing marketing efforts of the “CCSU Experience” to prospective students.

• Improving the university’s overall academic ranking.

• Reducing hidden operating costs related to high risk use of ATOD.

• Reducing the university’s general liability exposure related to ATOD.
   

The Advisory Council is specifically charged:

• To establish a forum for collaboration, coordination and accountability among the various CCSU departments delivering programs and enforcing policies relevant to high risk use of ATOD.
• To develop recommendations for implementing an effective, comprehensive and sustainable ATOD risk reduction strategy for the university.
• To review, and recommend revisions as needed to all relevant university policies.
• To initiate appropriate research to assess the effectiveness of programs as well as guide recommendations.
• To prepare a biennial report for the President, with recommendations, which assess the effectiveness of programs in compliance with reporting requirements of the Drug Free Schools Act.