Physical & Mental Health

Students, parents, employees and administrators at historically Black colleges and universities are wrestling with the mental health challenges caused by repeated bomb threats.

Federal student loans do not have to be repaid until Sept. 1. President also erases defaults for millions of students.

College in Illinois, named for Abraham Lincoln, will shutter on May 13. College blames COVID-19 and a cyberattack.

To build leadership capacities and institutional resilience, colleges should engage in a process of structured reflection on their own pandemic histories, Suzanne Wilson Summers writes.

By Suzanne Wilson Summers

Citing concerns for student mental health, the university is reducing the maximum number of credits engineers can take from 23 to 20 per semester.

Scholarships for students struggling with anxiety, depression and other psychological disorders have proliferated in recent years, often funded by donors who lost loved ones to mental illness.

STEM students’ struggles with online learning during the pandemic should give institutions pause in expanding online offerings, a team of researchers writes.

By Karen Hammerness et al.

COVID-19 only heightened stress and anxiety on campus. Mental health kits provide students with notes of encouragement, fuzzy socks—and access to the professional services they need.