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Provides a wealth of handbooks, newsletters, briefs, tutorials, and tools to assist through the twists and turns of program evaluation. Includes information for planning, data collection and analysis, and strategies to share results.
Summarizes data on suicidal thoughts, attempts, and deaths and also describes risk and protective factors that are common among college and university students.
Presents tools and information on hosting national prevention week in a community or school. The purpose of hosting the event is to increases public awareness of, and action around, substance abuse and mental health issues.
A lawsuit filed last week against Yale University has reignited a debate about how colleges should best help students who are going through serious mental-health crises.
What does the research tell us about student mental health? What are institutions of higher education doing to address the college mental health crisis? And what can policymakers do?
A healthy mind is essential for students to learn course material and for instructors to keep up with the rigors of a long semester. However, if psychological distress takes a grip on students and faculty, it can cause a chain reaction of negative well-being for the entire campus. What can be done to protect your academic community? One solution is to create an environment where mental-health awareness and mutual care are widely practiced.
Across higher ed, there’s a growing recognition of the connection between students’ well-being and their success in the classroom. Some colleges and faculty members are creating or considering new policies to support students when they need a day to tend to their mental health. But providing the academic accommodations that many students are calling for requires instructors to shoulder new responsibilities and change old habits and standards.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute has opened a space on campus to help students with mental wellness, following a drastic increase in student suicides over the past two years. The new Center for Well-Being is meant to be a relaxing “oasis” where students can detach from work and decompress.