Therapy sessions for college students across the state remain in high demand as young people continue to struggle with anxiety, loneliness and suicidal ideation. But with a shortage of mental… 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 50 News Clips.January 2024
With hundreds and thousands of students on college campuses, many of them living on their own for the first time and trying to navigate through their adult-ish lives, things can go wrong. While… Read more »
For years, college counseling centers were overrun, unable to keep up with students’ demand for mental-health services. Getting them help fast became increasingly urgent. One by one, colleges… Read more »
A remarkable mentorship and wraparound services program at a New Jersey community college has allowed Black male student outcomes to catch up to those of the general student population by one… Read more »
December 2023
A staff member at Stockton University developed a transfer-only general studies course, creating a space for engagement and camaraderie between transfer students with proven outcomes on retention… Read more »
November 2023
In an effort to address basic needs insecurity among students, the New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher Education is launching a free online tool to connect college… Read more »
October 2023
Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way signed a bill Thursday that will require colleges to train faculty, staff, and residential assistants to spot signs of depression in students and take up other measures to… Read more »
July 2023
Rider University will partner with Mercer County Community College to provide room and board services to MCCC students at a discounted rate.
In a groundbreaking effort to empower and support New Jersey residents who have some college credit but left school before completing their degrees, the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education… Read more »
State officials are working with telehealth platform Uwill on the project they say is the first of its kind in the country.
April 2023
Rutgers University’s Next Step counseling services allow students to receive care and remain enrolled in the institution, eliminating barriers to higher-level counseling help.
Cat Rogers knew the odds were against him. Like most people diagnosed with autism, attending college, receiving multiple job offers, and making friends were not in his favor. But despite… Read more »
March 2023
Nubia Lumumba, a Newark educator, brings empathy and compassion to her classroom by supporting students who have faced racist harassment, advocating for a more welcoming learning environment, and… Read more »
The number of on-campus child-care centers has declined over the last 10 years, with the steepest declines taking place in the community-college sector. Only 45 percent of public academic… Read more »
February 2023
Two bills being discussed in the New Jersey State Senate could allow students up to five excused absences for mental- or behavioral-health reasons.
The Rutgers Student Food Pantry provides a safe, confidential and essential space on a campus where about one in three students are affected by food insecurities, and more than two in five… Read more »
December 2022
New Jersey’s public colleges and research universities can apply for some of the $15 million allocated for mental health services by the state as students continue to face rising rates of suicide… Read more »
October 2022
When Dr. Daniel Jean talks with young male scholars at Montclair State University (MSU) in Montclair, NJ, he asks them to raise their hands if they know someone who died from street violence. “… Read more »