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As spring break approaches, college students usually anticipate a well-deserved break from the academic rigors of campus life. However, for young people aging out of foster care, the upcoming break may bring a sense of apprehension.
Students who have dropped out of California’s community colleges did so because they needed to prioritize work, couldn’t afford college or had to take care of dependent family members, among other reasons, according to a survey.
Emotional stress is causing more students to leave college and keeping others from enrolling. This comes at a time when people need post-high school education more than ever—and the country desperately needs their talent. As the chorus over mental health grows, colleges and universities are finding new ways to extend scarce resources and build holistic networks of support for students.
The gradual fading of the COVID-19 pandemic has done little to ease college students’ emotional stress. That’s according to findings from the Lumina Foundation-Gallup State of Higher Education 2022 study, carried out in the fall of 2022. Results showed students pursuing an associate or bachelor’s degree are no less likely to say they’ve considered stropping their coursework — defined as withdrawing from their program for at least one term — than
Rural-serving institutions (RSIs) face many more unique challenges than most urban schools and persist, comprising more than 25% of all U.S. colleges and universities. Although inherently different, every higher ed institution can learn from the innovative best practices RSIs have been forced to adopt to help positively impact their enrollment and more.
Inspired by service programs from earlier eras, the College Corps program puts low-income, first-generation students to work in education, food insecurity and climate mitigation.
Portland State’s Project Rebound is modeled after a program by the same name in California. It aims to provide formerly incarcerated students the resources, academic help and support system they need to build a new future. The program also creates a network for formerly incarcerated students to help one another ease into post-prison life.
The Student Well-being for Institutional Support Survey (SWISS) evaluates students’ perception of their college regarding aspects of well-being, including academic support, mental health resources, housing, dining and spiritual life resources.
The Wellbeing Improvement Survey for Higher Education Settings (WISHES) is a short survey, available free of charge, to assess population-level outcomes, including long-term wellbeing and educational outcomes, intermediate outcomes, and student experiences that influence wellbeing.