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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 20 News Clips.

March 2024

03/15/2024
10-11 NOW KOLN-KGIN

Southeast Community College and the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services shook hands Friday on an agreement that could see more inmates in Nebraska’s correctional facilities get access to… Read more »

January 2024

01/18/2024
Inside Higher Ed

The University of Nebraska at Lincoln created a microinternship and mentoring program to help first-generation and Black, Indigenous and people of color learners identify their professional… Read more »

April 2023

04/30/2023
Daily Nebraskan

Binge drinking is not only combated by the larger Greek life councils but is also focused on a smaller scale by individual chapters hosting workshops and educating their members. Different houses… Read more »

February 2023

02/20/2023
News Channel Nebraska

Small pantry serves as a fill-in, when students can't make it to the cafeteria or an off-campus store

02/08/2023
KETV Omaha 7

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona discussed school mental health with Nebraska educators and psychologists, including limited funding in rural communities and access to federal grants. … Read more »

October 2022

10/20/2022
Lincoln Journal Star

The dearth of American males attending college has generated a lot of discussion. But little has been said about another crisis among young males — their struggles to remain buoyant, let alone… Read more »

March 2022

03/09/2022
Community College Daily

When students apply to a four-year college or university directly from high school, they know they want to earn at least a bachelor’s degree. Not all students who enroll in community colleges have… Read more »

03/07/2022
Nebraska Today

Adolescents who have recently immigrated to the United States comprise a large, growing population that faces a variety of academic and social-emotional risk factors.

February 2022

02/28/2022
Nebraska Today

The University of Nebraska Public Policy Center is partnering with Boys Town to oversee the administration of a new $1.28 million grant from the United States Department of Justice to evaluate and… Read more »

02/08/2022
KMTV3 News Omaha

OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — A week after motorcyclists showed their support to a fifth-grader with alopecia, the student's father showed up to an Omaha Public Schools board meeting to speak on bullying… Read more »

May 2021

05/20/2021
Nebraska TV ABC

LINCOLN, Neb. — Lawmakers approved a statewide school safety reporting program on Wednesday.

April 2021

04/22/2021
Nebraska Today

A new survey from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln shows college students’ drinking rates dropped during the pandemic — contrary to popular belief.

March 2021

03/13/2021
North Platte Telegraph

The Nebraska Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators is encouraging college and university students to know they may now qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program under… Read more »

February 2021

02/09/2021
NET Nebraska

Sen. Matt Williams introduced the bill to create a reporting system which would be known as Safe2HelpNE. He said it could be used to report everything from threats of suicide to bullying, drug use… Read more »

February 2020

02/03/2020
Norfolk Daily News

School representatives urged support Monday for a legislative proposal to confront what they said is a growing problem of nicotine vaping in the schools and among Nebraska youth.

August 2019

08/02/2019
Kearney Hub

Weight gain, known as the “freshman 15,” is a common concern for first-year college students. Experts say that while the 15-pound idea is more myth than reality, adjusting to college life can lead… Read more »

July 2018

07/19/2018
Ralston Recorder

The Judiciary Committee of the Nebraska Legislature is going to take a deep look this fall at school safety and the juvenile justice system.

November 2017

11/02/2017
Fremont Tribune

The $1.5 million Arts in Education/Professional Development for Arts Educators grant is funded through the U.S. Department of Education and focuses on integrating the arts into classroom… Read more »

September 2017

09/25/2017
WOWT

An Omaha-based anti-bullying campaign has spread its anti-bullying message to a half a million students.

December 2016

12/07/2016
Ohama World-Herald

Roughly half of students who quit college do it in their first year, and universities are putting more emphasis than ever on programs that give first-year students support, connections and a sense… Read more »

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