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MCFeed

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

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2018
6/17 – 6/24

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental Health:

    An investigation by Today found that some students seeking mental health services were seen as bad PR for…

  • Inclusion and Diversity:

    As an increasingly diverse cohort of students arrives on college campuses each year, students are asking for an…

  • Sexual Assault:

    A recent graduate of UVA’s law school — who was accused of and found responsible for sexual misconduct…

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2018
6/25 – 7/1

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    A recent study found that college athletes have an equal or even higher risk of developing depressive symptoms…

  • Diversity and Inclusion on Campus:

    The LGBT SportSafe partnership, which aims to increase LGBT inclusion in athletics, will launch this fall at Northwestern…

  • Sexual Assault:

    A former Indiana University student charged with rape in two separate cases accepted a plea bargaining deal in…

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2018
7/1 – 7/7

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    A new study has built on existing research showing that excessive “helicopter” parenting makes children more fragile and…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    University of Northern Colorado President Kay Norton acknowledged that the school’s bias-response team, which handles bias-related incidents, responded…

  • Gun Violence:

    Three professors at the University of Texas at Austin filed a lawsuit against the school and the state…

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2018
7/8 – 7/14

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    A new sober and supervised home for college students will open in the Chicago area this year. The…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    In a Chronicle op-ed, Marvin Krislov, President of Oberlin College, lauds the recent supreme court decision to uphold…

  • Hunger and Homelessness:

    The Atlantic reports that increasingly colleges are creating emergency-aid programs such as food pantries and campus bookstore vouchers…

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2018
7/15 – 7/21

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    In an effort to meet the increased demand for mental health services on campus, Baylor University will offer…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    University of Maryland President Wallace D. Loh announced the results of an internal review of an incident this…

  • Guns on Campus:

    On August 1, the new campus carry law, SB 11, will take effect in Texas, allowing students with…

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2018
7/22 – 7/29

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    A new study found that nearly a third of college students say they engage in practices typically called…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    Following a controversy three years ago in which a University of Alabama Tuscaloosa student accused her sorority’s chapter…

  • Sexual Assault and Title IX:

    At the request of the White House sexual-assault task force, the National Center for Campus Public Safety developed…

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2018
7/30 – 8/4

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    The U.S. Justice Department settled a lawsuit with the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, over a student’s…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    On Monday, New York University announced that it has begun dismissing the checkbox questions about criminal and disciplinary…

  • Title IX and Sexual Assault:

    After two trials and four years, a judge sentenced Lang Her to one year in jail as well…

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2018
8/5 – 8/11

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    Earlier this year, University of Rochester student Juliette Richard died of a heroin overdose in her college dorm…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    A recent Atlantic article calls out elite universities with large endowments for being frugal with aide for low-income…

  • Guns on Campus:

    In the wake of the implementation of the campus carry law in Texas, some faculty members at the…

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2018
8/ 12 – 8/18

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    A growing number of college campuses are allowing students diagnosed with mental health disorders to keep emotional support…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    In looking for an additional roommate, Pitzer College student, Karé Ureña posted on Facebook “seeking “POC only,” a…

  • Sexual Assault and Title IX:

    A Colorado judge rejected the prosecution’s request to send a former University of Colorado student and convicted sexual…

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2018
8/19 – 8/25

Highlights this Week:

  • Student Mental and Behavioral Health:

    In sharing her positive experiences with an 18-month mental health leave of absence, Syracuse University student Delaney Arias…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    In a matchup against Duke University, the Marist College basketball team will replace University at Albany, which withdrew…

  • Hunger and Homelessness on Campus:

    A recent study by the University of California found that 19% of its students sometimes go hungry due…

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2018
8/26 – 9/1

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine detailed elements of his running mate Hillary Clinton’s college mental health plan…

  • Diversity and inclusion:

    To better support the learning path of its black male students, University of Connecticut created a new residential…

  • Sexual Health:

    Public colleges and universities in Arkansas are now required to educate students on how not to get pregnant…

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2018
9/2 – 9/8

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    In response to a dramatic increase in the number of students seeking crisis counseling, East Carolina University has…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    This year, orientation at Clark University included conversations about racism and diversity, another example of how colleges and…

  • Supporting Students with Families:

    At a voter registration event at the University of South Florida this week, Hillary Clinton reaffirmed her commitment…

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