After-hours mental health care is not something that colleges and universities can ignore or push aside—it’s a necessity. Research from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) shows that suicides are more likely to occur between midnight and 4:00 a.m....
Category: Higher Education
Higher education continues to grapple with change as the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third calendar year. Though the pandemic has presented challenges across the globe, COVID-19 has disproportionately affected college and university students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,...
Entering college for the first time is difficult for many students, even those whose families are able to prepare them for the road ahead. Often, first-generation college students face an even more difficult transition, and unfortunately, one out of three...
The threat of the Omicron variant is a gut punch to schools hoping to relax safety measures in 2022. Now, colleges and universities are considering requiring booster shots, extending mask mandates, limiting social gatherings, and reverting to online classes. What...
Gen Zers are on track to be the most diverse generation in history. And, at approximately 60 million, native-born American members of Gen Z outnumber millennials by nearly one million. This means diversity in healthcare providers for college students is...
Suicide is one of the 10 leading causes of death in the general population, and it is the second leading cause of death among 17 to 24-year olds. With higher education leaders entrusted with caring for this young adult demographic,...
Approximately 1,100 college students take their own lives each year, making suicide this population’s second leading cause of death. This fact keeps student development professionals up at night, dreading the day it potentially happens on their campuses. But in addition...
The United States leads the world in health care spending. One might think that the more spent on healthcare, the better health outcomes would be. Surprisingly, this is not the case, as the U.S. ranks last in life expectancy and...
New research shows eight out of 10 professors had one-on-one conversations with students about mental health during the last 12 months. But, less than 30% of faculty members were trained by their institutions for such discussions, showing the need for...
College and university leaders know firsthand the toll of COVID-19 on students’ mental health. Higher education deals with the realities of the dramatic increases (53%) in levels of depression, hopelessness, and loneliness due to the coronavirus pandemic. So, how do...
