Physical & Mental Health

Lack of access to abortion stands to change the face of higher education for years to come, Elizabeth H. Bradley and Dara Anhouse write.

As part of its plan to improve mental health treatment for students, Oglethorpe University removed the cap on the number of counseling sessions allowed.

The decline was less steep than it has been during the pandemic, but an eagerly anticipated recovery did not materialize.

They were once a rarity, but a worsening addiction crisis and vigorous advocacy have led to a tenfold increase in programs to help students in recovery navigate campus life.

Needle-disposal boxes in bathrooms on college campuses provide a safe and private receptacle where students who take injectable medications can discard their used needles.

A professor’s murder at the University of Arizona, apparently by a former student, raises urgent concerns about campus safety. He wasn’t the first professor killed at work, either.

The Jesuit university is one of a small group of institutions to mandate the new COVID-19 booster. Some call the policy draconian; others wonder why there aren’t more like it.

In scrapping remote options for conferences, academia has set out on a dangerous trajectory, Shira Lurie and Nicole Schroeder write.