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Student Mental Health and Pressure to Do Well
Respondents to the Student Voice survey on health and wellness feel pressure to do well at different rates based on mental health, with students who describe their mental health as poor feeling the most pressure. What’s going on and how can higher ed help?
Foxx, Cassidy Question Education Department’s Plans to Restart Loan Payments
Student Wellness Tip: Connect Learners to Safer-Sex Materials
Colleges and universities are removing barriers to safer sex among learners by providing free contraceptives and education on campus.
Understanding Factors of Student Success for Foster Students
A report from the University of Wisconsin at Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty found, postenrollment, students with foster care experience benefited from campus programs targeted to this group.
New Presidents and Provosts: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U, Jarvis Christian U, Rose Bruford College, Southwest Tennessee CC, State U of New York-Cobleskill, Utah State U
Duke’s Affordable Action Plan
The university’s decision to waive tuition for lower-income North and South Carolinians is officially about equity. But its potential as a recruitment tool for underserved students connects it to affirmative action’s fate.
‘Preaching’ in Biology Class?
St. Philip’s College, despite the name, is a public college. A professor who is also a pastor says the college fired him after it allegedly received complaints of “preaching” in class.
Supreme Court to Hear GI Bill Case
The plaintiff in the case, a retired Army captain and Bronze Star recipient, wants the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that he said broke Congress’s promise to veterans.