Category — age

Hard to believe that lowering the drinking age is a priority issue for college presidents.  Wouldn’t their time be better spent addressing the crushing debt loads their students take on after attending their institutions?  But similar to arguments against stepped up enforcement in the illegal immigration debate, university presidents no longer enforce the laws and then claim they don’t work:

…MADD agrees that campus bingeing is a big problem and says the answer is to tighten alcohol policies, punish violators and go after adults who provide alcohol to kids.

But Mote and other presidents can point to long lists of enforcement, education and counseling efforts that are in place, with little real impact.

I think Madd is right.  In my experience, colleges make very little to no effort enforcing the drinking age.  Boot a couple of underage drinkers and I bet things change dramatically on campus.  But nobody in the ivory tower wants to risk tuition dollars, so they look the other way.  Take 2 doses of enforcement and call me in the morning.