The State of Recovery on Campus
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| Title: | The State of Recovery on Campus |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Eran Hanke, Becki Elkins (ORCID |
| Source: | About Campus. 2025 30(5):13-25. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 13 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Higher Education, College Students, Substance Abuse, Drug Abuse, Drug Rehabilitation, College Environment, Student Attitudes, Negative Attitudes, Social Bias, Addictive Behavior, School Culture, Sense of Belonging, College Programs, Rehabilitation Programs |
| DOI: | 10.1177/10864822251369858 |
| ISSN: | 1086-4822 1536-0687 |
| Abstract: | Decades of the authors working in higher education--as a student affairs professional and a person in long-term recovery (Becki), as a counselor and counselor educator (Eran), and as scholars studying collegiate recovery (both)--have yielded countless stories of the primacy of recovery from substance use disorders (SUDs) among students, staff, and faculty. Yet, compared with higher education's persistent focus on collegiate drinking, recovery lingers in the shadows, barely visible even to those actively seeking it. Instead, individuals in recovery continue to navigate hostile, and potentially harmful, environments, often with limited support. Silence and, to some degree shame, still largely frame the state of recovery on most campuses today. Yet a certain hope resides in the expansiveness of its very definition; and, despite the ubiquity of substance use in collegiate environments, opportunities exist to challenge stigma, support the recovery process, foster the building of recovery capital, and learn from existing programs. Indeed, much like the process of recovery itself, the state of recovery on campus is ever-evolving, with ample room for student affairs practitioners, faculty, higher education administrators, and students to support its continued progression. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1489054 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Decades of the authors working in higher education--as a student affairs professional and a person in long-term recovery (Becki), as a counselor and counselor educator (Eran), and as scholars studying collegiate recovery (both)--have yielded countless stories of the primacy of recovery from substance use disorders (SUDs) among students, staff, and faculty. Yet, compared with higher education's persistent focus on collegiate drinking, recovery lingers in the shadows, barely visible even to those actively seeking it. Instead, individuals in recovery continue to navigate hostile, and potentially harmful, environments, often with limited support. Silence and, to some degree shame, still largely frame the state of recovery on most campuses today. Yet a certain hope resides in the expansiveness of its very definition; and, despite the ubiquity of substance use in collegiate environments, opportunities exist to challenge stigma, support the recovery process, foster the building of recovery capital, and learn from existing programs. Indeed, much like the process of recovery itself, the state of recovery on campus is ever-evolving, with ample room for student affairs practitioners, faculty, higher education administrators, and students to support its continued progression. |
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| ISSN: | 1086-4822 1536-0687 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/10864822251369858 |
