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The Truth Behind "Party Schools"

Party School Ranking Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story

Princeton Review ignores campus alcohol problems

We sent a letter on September 1, 2004 asking Random House Publishers to add information about alcohol problems and effective prevention efforts to the next edition of the Princeton Review’s annual college handbook. We’ve even offered to help them write the chapter. You can use this action page to add your voice to ours and call on Princeton Review to correct this glaring omission.

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Letter:	Party School Ranking Doesn't Tell the Whole Story The Princeton Review does a disservice to students preparing to apply to college this fall. The popular college handbook ranks the nation's top 20 party schools, but fails to report the myriad problems that flow from alcohol abuse. In fact, 1,400 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die every year as a result of hazardous drinking, and a half million suffer unintentional injuries under the influence of alcohol. Alcohol use also contributes to campus assaults, academic failure, vandalism, sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancy. Not surprisingly, schools with higher rates of binge drinking experience more alcohol-related problems. A Harvard study of 119 campuses found that the risk of rape was higher for women attending colleges that reported high rates of binge drinking. Campus alcohol use can even disturb and endanger the lives of students who do not drink. Such "secondhand" alcohol effects include disruption of sleep and study time, "babysitting" drunk roommates or neighbors, and sexual assaults and injury from the unsafe behavior of intoxicated students. I think the Princeton Review owes its readers-and their parents-the whole story about alcohol on campus and so-called party schools. The next edition of the college handbook should include a thorough discussion of campus alcohol problems and identify the programs and policies some colleges and universities are employing to reduce alcohol's toll.
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