A four-year study by Dartmouth researchers captures the most in-depth data yet on how college students' self-esteem and mental health fluctuates during their four years in academia, identifying… Read more »
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 22 News Clips.March 2024
February 2024
The University of New Hampshire launches Semester for Impact, an experiential learning program in which students earn full credit for working with sustainability-focused local organizations.
January 2024
A new initiative from Dartmouth College helps students engage in academic inquiry by having challenging conversations with their peers.
November 2023
The U.S. Department of Education announced nearly $74 million in new, five-year Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) grants to support an additional 30 local educational agencies, nonprofits, and… Read more »
Students at Southern New Hampshire University stayed enrolled in greater numbers when they received emergency grants to help cover necessities.
October 2023
In the 26-page document, the College outlines its action plan to bolster student mental health, employing recommendations from the JED Foundation.
The University of New Hampshire received $400,000 from the state to launch an alternative support group, benefiting as many as 100 students in the first year
Dartmouth Health was awarded a $4 million grant to support families and young people impacted by substance use disorder and mental health, particularly in rural parts of New Hampshire. The grant,… Read more »
A new contract between the state and the University of New Hampshire will provide college students in recovery with peer support group services. The Division of Behavioral Health at the Department… Read more »
September 2023
It’s hard to get exact figures on how many New Hampshire college students are experiencing homelessness. In part, that’s because homelessness in general is difficult to measure. It could look like… Read more »
December 2022
When she’s in class, culinary student Isabella McHugh is surrounded by food. But for McHugh and for thousands of other community college students around New Hampshire and across the country,… Read more »
October 2022
GearUp works in a handful of New Hampshire school districts that have high proportions of students from poor families, beginning when students are in early middle school. Mentors work with the… Read more »
February 2021
One of Nashua’s most diverse inner-city schools may soon be participating in a new initiative aimed to improve school climate, inclusiveness and positive behaviors. This new school climate… Read more »
Trial lawyers and parents urged lawmakers Tuesday to create a right for families to sue public school officials that permit bullying — in person or online — to go unpunished in New Hampshire.
January 2020
Full beer bottles whizzed by the heads of a packed crowd. Chunks of wood, debris, couches and chairs flew with reckless abandon. Fire danced alongside wooden telephone poles. And in the middle of… Read more »
August 2019
Dartmouth has released its latest data on the number of alcohol-related incidents involving undergraduates on campus. The new information, which tracks incidents through the 2018-2019 academic… Read more »
January 2019
A report from the Juvenile Reform Project, a coalition of New Hampshire advocacy organizations, says that school discipline in New Hampshire is disproportionately harsh on students of… Read more »
June 2018
fifth-grade student in New Hampshire who wants to stop bullying has told her school board that she’s been threatened to get shot in the head with an AK-47 assault rifle and buried in her backyard… Read more »
October 2017
Former New Hampshire state Supreme Court Justice John Broderick is teaming up with Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut to talk at a high school about recognizing the signs of mental illness.
January 2017
In New Hampshire, the rural Pittsfield Middle High School has a student-centered model that allowed students to propose a course known as “Drop the Drama,” which gave them a chance to design a… Read more »