Education Does Not Curb College Campus Drinking

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News University students have not altered their drinking habits despite extensive alcohol awareness and education programs. That was the conclusion of two studies by the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research and by professors at Indiana University and New York University at Potsdam (NYU). The Michigan study, which included approximately 1,300 students between 1980 and 1988, found that about 43% sometimes drank heavily (described as at least five drinks at one sitting at least once every two weeks). The Indiana/NYU study included 3,000 students at . . .