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The most comprehensive study of hazing to date and includes survey responses from more than 11,000 undergraduate students at 53 colleges and universities in different regions of the U.S. and interviews with more than 300 students and staff at 18 of these campuses. The following is a snapshot of the initial findings from this cutting edge study. 

·         More than half of college students involved in clubs, teams, and organizations experience hazing.

·         Hazing occurs across a range of student groups. Students affiliated with varsity athletics and social fraternities and sororities are most likely to experience hazing. Seven out of 10 students report they experienced at least one hazing behavior to join or maintain membership on the team or in a social Greek-letter organization. 

·         Students are participating in unacceptable, high-risk, and potentially illegal behaviors to belong to a student group or team. Alcohol consumption, humiliation, isolation, sleep- deprivation, and sex acts are hazing practices common across student groups.

·         A leading hazing behavior across nearly all student organizations and teams is participation in drinking games. More than half of students' experiences with varsity athletic teams and social fraternities and sororities include drinking games. 

·         25% of hazing experiences, students believed coaches and/or advisors were aware of the activities.

·         25% of hazing experiences, students reported that alumni were present.

Outside The Classroom is a Boston-based company that was founded to address epidemic-level public health issues affecting education, corporate, and government institutions. The company's mission is to deliver tangible results to its customers by providing measurable reductions in the negative consequences associated with these health issues.

The pioneering leader in online alcohol prevention since its inception in 2000, Outside The Classroom has developed a suite of science-based prevention programs and tools that are producing dramatic results on more than 450 college and high school campuses nationwide. The company's flagship product, AlcoholEdu®, has set the standard for online alcohol prevention.

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University is the only nation-wide organization that brings together under one roof all the professional disciplines needed to study and combat abuse of all substances – alcohol, nicotine as well as illegal, prescription and performance enhancing drugs – in all sectors of society.

Founded in 1992 by Former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Joseph A. Califano, Jr., the nonprofit organization aims to inform Americans of the economic and social costs of substance abuse and its impact on their lives, as well as, remove the stigma of substance abuse and replace shame and despair with hope.

CASA has assembled an interdisciplinary staff of more than 60 professionals with post-graduate and doctorate degrees, experience and expertise in various fields including substance abuse and addiction, communications, criminology, education, epidemiology, government, law, journalism, psychology, public administration, health and policy, social work, sociology and statistics.

As a unit of the University of Virginia’s Office of the Dean of Students, CASE supports the mission of the University by fostering community to promote student learning, growth, and citizenship. CASE supports peer education and provides presentations and consultation in order to increase knowledge of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug issues, and decrease the negative consequences associated with high-risk drinking and illegal drug use among U.Va. students.

Programs include:

Choices Alcohol and Drug Education Programs - These online alcohol and drug education programs hosted by 3rd Millennium Classrooms and coordinated by CASE, focus on prevention and reducing risk for alcohol and drug related health and impairment problems, not just for the college years, but for a lifetime.

First Aid for Intoxicated People - Education on helping out a friend who has had too much to drink.

Self Assessment Tools - AlcoholScreening.org - If you consume alcoholic beverages, it's important to know whether your drinking patterns are safe, risky or harmful. This screening will take only a few minutes, and will generate personalized results. DrugScreening.org - This self-screening tool is designed to help adults assess their own drug use, and find out their likely risk level for experiencing negative consequences.