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The National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) tracks trends and developments in issues related to school climate and conditions for learning through online media sites, blogs, syndication and aggregation services, and other news resources from local, regional, and national media outlets. Browse this ongoing collection of posts to learn about what’s happening in communities near you and across the nation.

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Displaying 103 News Clips.

April 2024

04/02/2024
Voices of Student Success

Many students on college campuses struggle with substance use and abuse, but few have a supportive community they can turn to. In this interview, an administrator from Florida State University… Read more »

February 2024

02/27/2024
WLRN

Nearly one-third of the students at Florida Atlantic University are the first in their families to go to college. For many of these individuals, walking onto campus can feel like crossing over… Read more »

January 2024

01/28/2024
News-Press

Throughout the month of March, including here in Southwest Florida when spring breakers from all over the country come to our beaches, FHP and state and local law enforcement partners focus on… Read more »

01/09/2024
Diverse Issues in Higher Education

The National Association of College & University Food Services has released its “Campus Dining: 2030 and Beyond” report, which reveals the values of a new generation of students and non-… Read more »

December 2023

12/22/2023
WESH

Work is now underway near the University of Central Florida, and many would call it lifesaving work for students and other pedestrians. WESH 2 Investigates has been bringing you heart-wrenching… Read more »

12/18/2023
Inside Higher Ed

Florida State University opened the Center for Academic Guidance this year, using data to identify struggling students and providing them with support resources to improve retention and… Read more »

November 2023

11/27/2023
K-12 Dive

The U.S. Department of Education last week opened a federal investigation into Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, Florida, expanding the agency’s investigations into K-12 public schools… Read more »

11/25/2023
Tampa Bay Times

Tansheka Riggens, 39, is one of roughly three million Floridians who attended college but never earned a degree or certificate. These "some college, no credential” students make… Read more »

October 2023

10/31/2023
Inside Higher Ed

Florida State University’s Division of Student Affairs created a weekly marketing campaign to highlight five top events happening on campus and available services to promote attendance and… Read more »

10/16/2023
U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel A. Cardona announced the recipients of the Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership for 2023. All nine school leaders from the 2023 cohort of … Read more »

September 2023

09/13/2023
WESH-2

This week, Valencia College opened up a new food pantry to help students struggling with food insecurity. The pantry is called VCentials and looks and feels a lot like a small grocery store. The… Read more »

May 2023

05/08/2023
WUFT
On the last day of college classes after her freshman fall semester, Maggie Paxton began drinking with friends in the dorms at the University of Florida – students call it “pre-gaming” – before… Read more »

April 2023

04/18/2023
Inside Higher Ed

Florida State University’s collegiate recovery program provides regular meetings, social activities and coaching for students in recovery from substance use disorder. 

04/10/2023
The Famuan

In the era of mass shootings and bills being passed allowing guns to be carried without permits, one starts to wonder if we are actually safe on college campuses, more importantly, Historically… Read more »

04/04/2023
Inside Higher Ed

Tallahassee Community College overhauled its advising model, adopting individualized academic plans that make registering for future semesters a one-click deal—and now students are now less likely… Read more »

February 2023

02/09/2023
Inside Higher Ed

Supporting student success is complex goal. Every student faces different challenges: first-generation dynamics, lack of resources, debt, housing and transportation, disability, mental health… Read more »

02/02/2023
WPLG Local 10

The National Center for School Mental Health, a technical assistance and training center with a focus on advancing research, points out connections between pandemic-related impacts for students'… Read more »

January 2023

01/27/2023
WLRN

Muriel Sarmiento was brought to the United States as a teenager with her immigrant family from Venezuela. She struggled in… Read more »

November 2022

11/27/2022
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

A yearlong investigation exposed the complicity of Florida’s child welfare system in underage sex trafficking through evidence found in government records, state and federal lawsuits, research… Read more »

11/24/2022
Tampa Bay Times

The Spanish-only Pasos al futuro program promotes the importance of higher education.

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