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- "K. Keniston points out that the correlation between the "intellectual
- climate" of a college and the rate of drug use on its campus is very
- close. The highest rates are found at small, progressive ...
- colleges with a high faculty-student ratio, high student intellectual
- capacity as measured by College Boards, close student-faculty
- relationships, and considerable value on academic independence,
- intellectual interest, and personal freedom for students.[1] At a number
- of such colleges, it is probably true that half or more of the
- students have tried marihuana or one of the "hallucinogens," but the
- great majority of the nation's 2,200 colleges have a lower
- intellectual climate, are often noted for their practical orientation,
- a relative absence of serious student intellectual pursuit, and an
- emphasis on fraternity life and sports. It is estimated that between
- 10 and 25 percent of the students on such campuses use these drugs."[2]
-
- [1] K. Keniston, "Heads and Seekers: Drugs on Campus, Counter-Cultures
- and American Society," _American Scholar_, 38 (1968-69), p. 98.
-
- [2] Several studies: _J._Amer._Coll._Health Ass._, 17 (1968), p. 47,
- p. 145, p. 41.
-