Dive Summary:
- University of Iowa president Sally Mason defended the school's image at the Iowa state Board of Regents meeting after the Princeton Review called the university the No. 1 party school.
- Sally Mason said the school has been trying to reduce high-risk drinking on campus.
- Mason said the number of students who reported high-risk drinking in 2009 was “embarrassingly high” at more than 70%, but had now dropped to near the national average at 59%.
From the article:
... “There’s a common perception that there’s nothing that can be done to change the culture of high-risk drinking in a college campus,” she said. “What we’re learning is that’s not true." ...