Sexual Assault Awareness Month is an opportunity every April to educate and engage the public on the issue of sexual assault. For higher education, institutions must provide resources to educators and administrators about sexual assault and violence. Thirteen percent of...
Category: Higher Education
- April 13, 2021
- Becky Laman
- Higher Education
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education has experienced a wave of unexpected challenges. From campus closures and remote learning to COVID-19 testing and quarantines, 2020 looked nothing like higher education had planned. As the learning environment changed,...
- March 24, 2021
- Lauren McQuade
- Higher Education
As COVID-19 escalated into a global pandemic, colleges and universities made the difficult decision to shut down. This caused an abrupt shift to distance learning that proved disruptive to higher education. What at first seemed like a temporary, emergency precaution...
- March 16, 2021
- Chris Clark
- Higher Education
Higher education is one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. While many things are changing for the better as vaccine distribution expands, four out of five students continue to feel stress and/or anxiety due to COVID-19, and the extended impact of...
- March 16, 2021
- Kristen Buglione
- Student Health, Higher Education
The American College Health Association (ACHA) conducts the National College Health Assessment survey annually to help universities collect data on college students and overall student health. The following topics represent survey results regarding common health concerns, behaviors, and perceptions reported...
- February 24, 2021
- Alan Dennington, M.D.
- Student Health, Higher Education
Each year, National Eating Disorders Awareness week shines a spotlight on eating disorders and educating the public. TimelyCare supports the mission of this week promoted by the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) to spread a message of hope, while putting...
- February 24, 2021
- Jan Hall, PhD
- Mental Health, Higher Education
When students can’t find healthcare providers who resemble them, their beliefs and their culture, the lack of diversity can prevent them from getting the healthcare they need.Today, 13.4% of the U.S. population identify as Black or African American. Of those,...
- February 9, 2021
- Mason Orr
- Higher Education
Colleges and universities are facing more financial decision-making pressure than ever before. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities calculated that state funding for higher ed since 2008 is down 16% — and that was prior to the global pandemic....
- January 19, 2021
- Pete Blaisdell
- Higher Education
You know better than most that the students in your college classrooms today are more anxious and overwhelmed than ever. Statistics back up this claim. According to the American College Health Association (ACHA), about 60% of respondents felt overwhelming anxiety,...
- January 5, 2021
- Luke Hejl
- Higher Education
The number of students who graduated from high school this year and immediately entered college dropped 22% from 2019, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. In a special analysis of the annual High School Benchmarks 2020—National College Progression...
