The workshop was created in response to criticisms surrounding the safety of fraternity and sorority life on campus.
News Clips
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 36 News Clips.April 2024
March 2024
03/06/2024
Inside Higher Ed
A survey of Iowa community college employees found stakeholders want to support students’ mental health, but many feel underprepared to do so. University of Iowa researchers identified six… Read more »
January 2024
01/16/2024
EdWeek
An Iowa principal critically injured in a school shooting put himself in harm’s way so students could try to escape from a teenage shooter who opened fire in a cafeteria as students were gathering… Read more »
November 2023
11/30/2023
Des Moines Register
When Raven Lee got a call from a staff member at Phillips Elementary School that her son was injured, she was told there was no need to rush to pick him up. On Oct. 20, 2021, Lee made the 30-… Read more »
11/20/2023
Iowa Capital Dispatch
A half hour before Iowa State University’s food pantry was ready to open, a small group of students had already gathered outside, ready to pick up groceries and other necessities… Read more »
11/03/2023
KWQC
A group of 100 Iowa paraeducators was recently selected for a new mental health training fellowship offered by the University of Iowa’s Scanlan Center for School Mental Health.
October 2023
10/30/2023
Gazette
‘It was really like a godsend to be able to go to a food pantry and grab a couple of things that I needed’
10/27/2023
Iowa City Press-Citizen
There are currently 608 veteran and active-military students at the University of Iowa, Chuck Xander, a combat veteran with 20 years of experience in mental health counseling, said, and 1,624… Read more »
10/24/2023
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Tara Tedrow has seen her share of students in distress. They’ll approach her after class, in tears, saying they’re overwhelmed and need an extension. Or they’ll send an e-mail apologizing for… Read more »
August 2023
08/29/2023
Iowa’s News Now
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A new University of Iowa health assessment shows risky habits among undergraduate and graduate students have gone up in 2023 compared to 2021, including a sharp rise in consuming… Read more »
May 2023
05/15/2023
KORG.com
(A) new program called Night Slice hopes to create a safe space for University of Iowa students who need to sober up. After doing some research into sexual assault prevention, Nina Morrison said… Read more »
April 2023
04/03/2023
Lumina Foundation
The University of Iowa is turning its student union hotel into a mental health center. North Carolina’s state colleges are expanding mental health and crisis services with about $8 million from… Read more »
February 2023
02/10/2023
River Cities’ Reader
Coe College has received a $15,350 Institutionalizing Community-Based Pedagogies grant from the Associated Colleges of the Midwest. The grant will support the creation of a new Prison Learning… Read more »
02/03/2023
WHO 13 News
With a nationwide psychiatrist shortage and diminished access to mental and behavioral health help, one school's community coordinator created "Healthy Island," a once empty room now dedicated to… Read more »
November 2022
11/01/2022
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Among undergraduate students at UI, 52.8% reported moderate psychological distress and 21.7% reported serious psychological distress, according to the National College Health Assessment III… Read more »
June 2022
06/20/2022
Ames Tribune
Iowa State University is investing more than $10 million into a series of projects to kick off the university's vision of itself over the next decade — a vision that includes better retention of… Read more »
06/15/2022
KWQC
DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announced a $100 million investment in school safety across the state Tuesday.
The announcement came three weeks after the shooting at… Read more »
06/03/2022
Des Moines Register
Iowa's three public universities are aiming to raise student retention rates in an attempt to help them earn degrees faster, with new goals approved by the Board of Regents on Thursday. The… Read more »
October 2021
10/21/2021
Iowa City Press-Citizen
The newest bar in Iowa City has everything you need for a Saturday night out: pizza, a pool table, TV screens showing the big game and an extensive drink menu. The only thing it doesn't have is… Read more »
August 2021
08/24/2021
KWWL
DES MOINES, Iowa (KWWL) -- Using some federal COVID relief funds, Governor Kim Reynolds announced Tuesday that the Iowa Department of Education would award more than $8.6 million in grants to 64… Read more »