When it comes to keeping college students safe from COVID-19, parents put considerably more faith in schools than they do their own children, according to a new survey by TimelyMD, a telehealth company that specializes in higher education. However, parents...
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,...
In the spring of 2020, college life was abruptly paused due to the coronavirus outbreak. Higher education leaders were forced to close college campuses and pivot to online learning, causing increased mental health issues in students. With unemployment rates soaring...
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...
This summer has not been the typical break that most leaders in higher education are accustomed to. The uncertainty of COVID-19 has led to university leaders using the summer to determine the best way forward for their institutions, while also...
COVID-19 has caused a financial crisis, which unfortunately has hit higher education institutions on two fronts. With social distancing keeping students away from campus and market volatility impacting higher education endowment funds, colleges and universities are taking a major financial...
