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HBCU students are flourishing mentally at higher rates than their peers

University Business

While HBCU students report strong mental health outcomes, black students continue to experience: Financial Stress: Over half (55%) of HBCU students reported financial stress as one of their top three concerns. Recommendations for Campus Leaders: Increase on-campus mental health services and peer support options.

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Combating Gender-Based Violence on College Campuses Must Start at the Top

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They include providing mental health services, no-contact orders, housing changes, course adjustments, transfer policies, suspension of student loan payments, and compassionate leaves of absence to support survivors in continuing their education.

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Mental health remains the top concern for students

University Business

A new survey organized by the virtual health service provider TimelyMD has concluded that mental health ranks as students’ top stressor, the second consecutive survey to do so. Following mental health was personal finance at 39%, academics at 37%, and mass shootings and inflation/rising prices each at 35%.

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Navigating Higher Ed Economic Challenges – Insights for Presidents of Higher LearningChanging Higher Ed 138 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Lucie Lapovsky

The Change Leader, Inc.

To stay afloat, these schools are also looking to embrace nontraditional models like lifelong learning and are focusing on retaining students by outsourcing mental health services. Even larger public universities are beginning to act more like private institutions by price-matching the competition.

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Mental Health Is the Top Student Stressor

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Fifty percent of college students cited their own mental health struggles as their top stressor going into 2023, according to a survey of 1,200 students nationwide conducted by the virtual health services provider TimelyMD.

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Discovering Issues with IPEDS Completions Data

Robert Kelchen

A great example of some of the issues with IPEDS data is this recent Wall Street Journal analysis of the finances of flagship public universities. While it is the foundation of much of my research, the data are self-reported by colleges and occasionally include errors or implausible values. That’s not good.

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Mental health help for NJ college students expands

University Business

Students at over 40 colleges and universities in New Jersey will now have access to a free virtual mental health service 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Gov.