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MCFeed

A weekly roundup of news and research on the health and wellness of college students

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2019
12/4 – 12/10

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    At Rowan University, a state school in southwest New Jersey, there have been at least three suicides in…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    Faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill voted to condemn a settlement that would keep…

  • Sexual Assault and Title IX:

    William H. Kazez, a mathematics professor at the University of Georgia who was accused of sexual misconduct by…

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2019
11/27 – 12/3

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    In an op-ed in Inside HigherEd, Andrew Joseph Pegoda, a professor of women’s, gender and sexuality studies at the…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    Recent protests at Syracuse University were fueled by students’ anger over what they felt was the university’s sluggish responses to…

  • Student Success:

    The Chronicle reports on changes in developmental education around the country that are allowing students to bypass remedial classes…

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2019
11/20 – 11/26

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    University of Tennessee’s 2019 Academic and Student Affairs Summit brought together faculty and staff from multiple campuses to discuss measures…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    Harvard University released the results of its Pilot Pulse Survey on Inclusion and Belonging, a first-of-its-kind, community-wide initiative that asked…

  • Sleep:

    Recent research found that when students were asked to extend their sleep, they were able to and experienced…

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2019
11/13 – 11/19

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    In a weeklong series for WGBH On Campus, Stressed and Depressed On Campus, reporter Kirk Carapezza examines the mental…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    The Chronicle adapted an excerpt from the new book Diversity, Inc. by Pamela Newkirk, a professor of journalism at New York…

  • Substance Use:

    The LA Times reports that last week, University of Southern California President Carol L. Folt and the Los Angeles Police…

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2019
11/6 – 11/12

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    Study abroad programs are challenging experiences to navigate for students with mental health issues. Increasingly, colleges and companies that…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    A 21-year ban on affirmative action will remain in place in Washington State after a coalition urged voters…

  • Greek Life:

    The Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity announced that it had severed ties with the North American Interfraternity Conference, accusing the advocacy…

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2019
10/30 – 11/5

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    The National Society of Collegiate Scholars and Active Minds released new data on the mental health of high-achieving college…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    Lawyers representing students, the Compton Unified School District, civil-rights groups, and college-access organizations said that they planned to…

  • Free Speech:

    The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor will disband its bias-response team as part of a settlement with a nonprofit…

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2019
10/23 – 10/29

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    In Inside Higher Ed, Ted Mitchell, the president of the American Council on Education, and Suzanne Ortega, the president…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    According to a newly released report from the Partnership for College Completion, a regional group that works to…

  • Greek Life:

    Pennsylvania State University has suspended a fraternity after a teenager died at an off-campus house over the weekend…

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2019
10/16- 10/22

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    Inside Higher Ed reports that Harrisburg Area Community College, (HACC), the largest community college in Pennsylvania, is eliminating mental health…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    In April, Washington State’s legislature decided to restore affirmative action in higher ed admissions in the state that…

  • Sexual Assault and Title IX:

    An extensive report on campus sexual violence from the Association of American Universities (AAU), which represents research universities across the country, shows…

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2019
10/9 – 10/15

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    Stanford University will change its leave of absence policies to better accommodate students who are facing mental illness crises. The…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    A new report from the Institute for Higher Education Policy outlines three strategies rural communities are using to increase the…

  • Sexual Health and Reproductive Rights:

    California will become the first state in the nation to require public universities to provide access to abortion pills on…

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2019
10/2 – 10/8

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    A Mary Christie Foundation survey found that parents are increasingly concerned over their students’ mental health. The report showed that…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    Though a federal judge ruled that there was no evidence of explicit bias in Harvard University‘s treatment of Asian-American applicants, the…

  • College Affordability:

    The U.S. Department of Education published its annual look at student loan default rates last week, singling out 15 higher…

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2019
9/18 – 10/2

Highlights this Week:

  • Young, Gifted & Advancing:

    Young, Gifted & Advancing: Promoting Mental Health and Well-being Among Students of Color, an event hosted by The…

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    The Wall Street Journal reports on the campus response to the recent death by suicide of a high-profile mental-health…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    A judge has ruled in favor of Harvard University in a high-profile court case centered on whether the school’s admissions…

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2019
9/11 – 9/17

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    The Boston Globe reports on implications of a new law suit filed by the parents of Luke Tang, a…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    University of Arizona police charged two white students with misdemeanor assault, after they allegedly beat and yelled racial slurs at…

  • Sexual Assault and Title IX:

    A week after a University of Florida student was accused of sexual assault and arrested on charges of battery and…

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