With college football power conferences moving to postpone their season, student-athletes face a different but just as fierce opponent this season -- mental health. After sports seasons were lost in the spring due to the global pandemic, the NCAA conducted...
Category: Higher Education
Fall 2020 is predicted to be a challenging season for higher education. For institutions planning to return to in-person learning, a COVID-19 outbreak could cause an immediate shift to an online-only or hybrid format. Is your campus ready for online...
College health centers are a critical component of support for students in need of physical and mental health care. However, a recent article in The Washington Post raised concerns about the preparedness of college health centers to support the needs...
Recent studies and surveys, including a survey from TimelyMD, indicate that the mental health of students has significantly worsened with the COVID-19 pandemic. As a story by Sarah Brown in the Chronicle of Higher Education underscores, these mental health concerns...
Just as college and university administrators’ frenetic pace of scenario planning is not taking a summer break this year, neither are students’ mental health concerns that have been exacerbated by the coronavirus, racial tension and a struggling economy.Pervasive emotional, social,...
Recent studies reveal that the mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is particularly significant on students preparing to transition into college. Most notably, 61% of teenagers said that the pandemic has increased their feelings of loneliness. And 7 out...
One out of four adults have disabilities. That’s more than 60 million Americans. Two out of 10 undergraduate students report having a disability. With almost 20 million students expected to attend college, this means almost 4 million students with disabilities...
