Physical & Mental Health

Campuses need more federal resources for mental health and suicide prevention, Tanya Ang writes.

The new COVID variant, BA5, is spiking in California. Some universities in the hardest-hit counties are reinstating mask mandates and re-evaluating their response strategies.

As most colleges have returned to in-person learning, we shouldn’t forget some major benefits of having a remote option, Karen Powell Sears writes.

Students want the option to continue taking some of their courses online, and colleges should listen, Samuel J. Abrams writes.

The University of Denver recently opened a campus in the Rocky Mountains to enhance academic programs and improve student mental health.

Cal State Long Beach is launching an ambitious series of mental health initiatives that pair students and administrators with practitioners and community members to make resources more accessible.

Rather than blame students for a lack of well-being, colleges should consider institutional factors that contribute to the student mental health crisis, Philip J. Rosenbaum and Richard E. Webb write.

Federal stimulus dollars flowing to states kept appropriations strong in the 2021 fiscal year even as enrollment kept declining, a report from the State Higher Education Executive Officers shows.