U Mass Cracks Down on Drinking
Filed in archive Campus Life by Greg Cruey on August 27, 2008
According to the Globe, U Mass has "an aggressive campaign that is winning national attention" on the issue of alcohol abuse on campus. Two years ago U Mass started a "social norms" program on campus.
Two years after launching the so-called social norms campaign, health officials say they are seeing striking results, with recent student surveys indicating a sharp decline in binge drinking. The university has coupled the marketing with tighter regulations and enforcement, as well as expanded prevention services.U Mass is "chipping away" at its own stereotype of the "zoo school."
You can read the whole Globe piece here.

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