4 resources for campus telehealth
With 39 percent of college and university students reporting moderate to mild depression last fall, according to the Healthy Minds Study of more than 32,000 higher-ed students, campus…
Student Wellbeing
How is your campus supporting marginalized students?
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, racial injustice, and social unrest are disproportionately felt by marginalized students. These communities are more vulnerable in emergencies, and higher education institutions…
5 ways to help students thrive on campus
A new survey led by The Ohio State University’s Office of the Chief Wellness Officer finds students are excited to get back to campus after a long and…
6 strategies to navigate racial trauma on campus
Racial trauma, or race-based traumatic stress (RBTS), refers to the “mental and emotional injury caused by encounters with racial bias and ethnic discrimination, racism, and hate crimes.” In…
6 ways to guide students through the new normal
At our current juncture, where institutions are planning to return to “pre-COVID” work schedules and class sizes, we need to recognize there is no return to “normal,” but…
A post-COVID student mental health crisis is looming
As universities and colleges prepare to welcome students back to campus this fall, their counseling centers are already bracing themselves for the challenges to come.
Fostering innovation through a community college partnership
A community college is partnering with local industry and government to launch a project intended to have wide-reaching benefits for its economy, citizens, and communities as it helps…
How to support marginalized students in 2021
In a roundtable discussion, psychologists, mental health experts, and a college student talked about how campuses can better support these communities in 2021 and beyond. Here’s a summary…
Teletherapy expands access to student mental health support
As colleges and universities work to find a balance between pandemic-related safety and wellness protocols and student welfare, including student mental health, one option available is secure video-…
How talk therapy can help students’ mental health
As a result of and the global COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine orders, the U.S. is facing a concurrent epidemic in mental health, and we’ve seen that college students…