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Navigating Campus Protests: Tips for Taking Care of Your Mental Health and Building Support Networks

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

University administrators have been reacting in various ways to student activism, from canceling graduations to involving the police to arresting or dismissing students from school, and many schools have begun this school year with all-out encampment bans. Students facing mental health challenges are twice as likely to drop out of school.

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Colleges start new programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Raritan Valley Community College is starting a certificate program in social media. University of Michigan at Flint is starting a master of science in health services administration. Gonzaga University is starting a doctoral program in school psychology. Editorial Tags: New academic programs Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Supporting Student Success

Additionally, investing in culturally safe, relevant, and responsive mental health services meeting the unique needs of marginalized learners will be critical to address these challenges. transgender care teams, sexual violence and trauma-informed care expertise, competency in offering mental health supports for LGBQ students).

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FAQ’s: Spring Semester Questions Regarding Housing Returner Process, Housing Availability, and Off-Campus Housing

The Student Affairs Blog

Communication to Returning Residents: To ensure students had the information about changes in a timely manner, all students living on-campus received multiple messages to current residents via multiple channels (email, brochure mailed to home addresses, website updates, social media posts).

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How NAU Streamlined Student Access to Mental Health Resources

EAB

You can join the conversation on social media using #EABOfficeHours. EAB’s Katie Herrmann is joined by Dr. Carl Dindo, the Director of Campus Health Services for Northern Arizona University, to discuss innovative approaches to meeting student mental health needs. I am from the Director of NAU Counseling Services.

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Three Strategies to Support K-12 Students with Their Mental Health Challenges

EAB

While K-12 leaders try to mitigate negative impacts on student mental health in schools, some contributors, like COVID-19 and media influence, are beyond their control. Further, a chronic shortage of community providers puts the responsibility for child mental health on schools. Why You Should Implement Universal Screening.

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Campus Resources and Tools for Mental Health Advocacy

Higher Ed Connects: Mental Health

Mental health issues are a serious, pressing issue on campus today — and one that administrators and leaders need to address with a full arsenal of resources to assist students, faculty, and themselves when needed. As colleges try to meet the growing demand for mental health services, some students are slipping through the cracks.