As long as college students are considered entitled customers, their complaints about their professors will be taken seriously by administrators. That’s because happy students boost college applications, affect the closely-watched … Continue reading “Who’s to Blame When Students Fail a Course?”
Alarming rates of depression and anxiety in college students are drawing headlines. A recent study reports that 41% of college students show symptoms of depression, and nearly three-fourths have experienced … Continue reading “Why Johnny Can’t Relax”
Long before Covid, mental health experts declared a different sort of pandemic—a precipitous decline in mental health on college campuses. One 2019 survey by the American College Health Association found … Continue reading “Is Our Obsession with College Fueling a Mental Health Crisis?”
Students have had to make many sacrifices over the past year, be they financial, academic, or personal. The sudden changes and conflicting campus policies have taken a significant toll on … Continue reading “The Pandemic May Be Ending, But Student Anxiety Isn’t”
The mental stress for college students sparked by COVID-19 is showing up in campus mental health centers. New data from Penn State University’s Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH) found … Continue reading “Did You Know? Of Students Seeking Mental Health Help, 33% Cite the Pandemic”
College admissions is a different field than it was 20 or even 10 years ago. High school guidance counselors still help hundreds of students make a plan for after graduation. … Continue reading “Across Colleges of All Types, Student Anxiety Is a Growing Issue”