Nationwide, stigma has eased and access to care has improved thanks to research, innovations and outreach programs shared at Depression on College Campuses conferences.

Starting next fall, any group prepping to throw a party will have to add filling out a party registration form to their to-do list. Individuals and organizations planning on hosting an event with alcohol and 20 or more attendees will be required to register with Public Safety.

Mental health issues among children and adults have been rising for years. Pre-pandemic data from the Center for Collegiate Mental Health showed that the number of students seeking mental health services nationally increased at more than five times the rate of enrollment.

The six-year completion rate for undergraduates who started college in 2016 reached 62.3%, the highest level this decade but only 0.1 percentage point above the previous year’s cohort, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The flat figure comes after the completion rate last year jumped 1.2 percentage points from the 2014 cohort to the 2015 cohort.

Queer and transgender college students struggle to cope with anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, rhetoric and violence. This year alone, state lawmakers have filed at least 340 anti-LGBTQ+ bills, according to the Human Rights Campaign, and at least 25 have passed.

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.

Students at St. Paul College said they are working more hours, taking fewer classes and requesting emergency funding in order to stay afloat. 

More than 23,000 people age out of the foster care system every year. Many are often disappointed to find that higher education, like the foster care system, works against them at nearly every turn. Institutions and nonprofits are scaling support systems, but student advocates say more is required from states and the federal government.