One in five college students said they had received some form of peer support in the prior year, and almost 60% of them said it was helpful. Nearly seven out of 10 college students tell a friend they’re struggling with...
Category: Mental Health
- June 22, 2022
- Kristen Buglione
- Mental Health, Student Health
Mental health peer-to-peer programs are designed to mobilize students to become agents of change for mental health and well-being on their college campuses. The peer-to-peer model is an effective approach to shifting social norms that encourage positive health behaviors. Research...
- May 16, 2022
- Jacki Craft
- Mental Health, Student Health, Telehealth
Since 2020, the COVID-19 global pandemic has shaped what every day looks like. It changed human interaction. For higher education, it fundamentally altered the college experience for students who were sent home for multiple semesters. In the workforce, it took...
- May 13, 2022
- Kristen Buglione
- Mental Health, Student Health
The spread of health misinformation, whether intentionally or unintentionally, can have serious consequences. Unfortunately, misleading and false information often spreads like wildfire online. One study found that falsehoods are 70% more likely to be retweeted on Twitter than the truth,...
- May 3, 2022
- Kristen Buglione
- Mental Health, Student Health
You may have heard the term “health coaching” in conversations about student health and well-being services. But what does health coaching for college students actually mean? Over 20 years ago, health coaching was identified as a way to help individuals...
- April 6, 2022
- Lauren McQuade
- Mental Health
Keeping students healthy, well, and engaged through their academic journey to graduation is one of the primary challenges for higher education. This was true prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and college and university leaders today must navigate a continued mental...
- February 21, 2022
- Seli Fakorzi
- Mental Health
About 100 colleges and universities started the spring 2022 semester classes online. And we’re still not where we thought we’d be nearly two years after COVID-19 shut down schools for the first time back in March 2020. The highly contagious...
- February 16, 2022
- Kristen Buglione
- Mental Health, 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,...
- January 19, 2022
- Lauren McQuade
- Mental Health
There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of most people in the past two years. As higher education enters its fifth semester during the pandemic, it’s important to not lose sight of how the pandemic...
- September 14, 2021
- Seli Fakorzi
- Mental Health, Higher Education
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...
