Colleges offer courses in wellness to help address student mental health
INSIDE HIGHER ED — 2023 survey from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education found 36 percent of young adults (18- to 25-year-olds) experience anxiety and 29 percent report depression.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — A new report from the Partnership for College Completion identifies trends in the student experience and offers recommendations for leaders.
Read More about Students discuss barriers to successDepartment of Education announces delay of new FAFSA form
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Department of Education on Tuesday announced yet another delay in this year’s much-criticized rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid form, indicating that colleges will not begin receiving applicants’ federal aid information until March at the earliest.
Read More about Department of Education announces delay of new FAFSA formHigher education groups encourage flexible admission and aid deadlines amid FAFSA delays
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION — In response, ACE and nine other higher education associations have issued a call for colleges and universities to provide flexibility to students and families as they consider their offers of admission and financial aid.
Read More about Higher education groups encourage flexible admission and aid deadlines amid FAFSA delaysCollege counseling centers see an increase in students reporting trauma
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Nearly half of students who attend college counseling sessions say they have experienced trauma, according to the 2023 annual report from the Center for Collegiate Mental Health at Pennsylvania State University.
Read More about College counseling centers see an increase in students reporting traumaSurvey: More than half of law schools ‘very concerned’ about impact of US Supreme Court decision on affirmative action
REUTERS — A majority of law school admissions officers are “very concerned” that the U.S. Supreme Court’s ban in June on race-conscious admissions at colleges and universities will reduce the number of diverse law students nationwide, according to a new poll.
Read More about Survey: More than half of law schools ‘very concerned’ about impact of US Supreme Court decision on affirmative actionStanford Law professor Ralph Richard Banks co-creates course on college admissions after US Supreme Court affirmative action ban
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Many universities were left with questions after the U.S. Supreme Court upended nearly 60 years of precedent by overturning affirmative action last summer. Rather than wait for answers, Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) Professor Mitchell Stevens and Stanford Law School (SLS) Professor Ralph Richard Banks created a new policy practicum, entitled What’s Next? After Students for Fair…
Read More about Stanford Law professor Ralph Richard Banks co-creates course on college admissions after US Supreme Court affirmative action banUS House higher education priorities focus on cost and accountability
INSIDE HIGHER ED — he wide-ranging College Cost Reduction Act suggests there’s an emerging bipartisan consensus on what needs fixing in higher education.
Read More about US House higher education priorities focus on cost and accountabilityOpinion: Plagiarism detectors should be used more widely
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Tricia Bertram Gallant argues that graduate programs and journals should routinely check dissertations and articles for plagiarism.
Read More about Opinion: Plagiarism detectors should be used more widelyOpinion: Colleges need to improve support of student mental health
THE HECHINGER REPORT — Our students are struggling. As a college president and a clinical psychologist, I know this well. Recent headlines tell a distressing story about the mental health of college students.
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