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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
9/9 – 9/15

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    In response to a University of Chicago letter to freshman reaffirming the school’s resistance to trigger warnings, The…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    The University of Northern Colorado will disband its bias-response team, which deals with complaints of perceived bias, including…

  • Socio-economic issues:

    A group of Boston University students have launched a social-media campaign about the difficulty of being a poor…

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2018
9/30 – 10/6

Highlights this Week:

  • Mention and Behavioral Health:

    BU Today is republishing a three-part series it ran on mental health last year in light of a…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    In the Chronicle, John McCumber, a professor of Germanic languages at the University of California at Los Angeles,…

  • Sexual Assault and Title IX:

    The Daily Tar Heel collects students’ accounts of catcalling on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill…

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2018
10/7 – 10/13

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    College mental health centers have seen a drastic increase in students seeking treatment, some of which they have…

  • Diversity and Inclusion on Campus:

    A non-profit organization based in one of Boston’s lower-income neighborhoods aims to break the cycle of poverty in…

  • Guns on Campus:

    East Carolina University professor Tracy Tuten planned to bring her firearm to campus after members of the University’s…

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2018
10/13 – 10/20

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    Following a focus group two years ago that identified gaps in the school’s addiction safety net, Boston University…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    The New York Times examines tensions between Wheaton College, an Evangelical Christian school, and Larycia Hawkins, the school’s…

  • Sexual Assault and Title IX:

    The University of Minnesota’s Aurora Center for Advocacy and Education is holding events throughout the month of October…

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2018
11/4 – 11/10

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    In the aftermath of this week’s presidential election, the Jed Foundation issued a guide for administrators on how…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    The Chronicle of Higher Education issued a special report on creating a diverse faculty that provides in-depth information…

  • Sexual Assault and Title IX:

    As colleges grapple with how to both prevent and deal with the aftermath of sexual assault on their…

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2018
11/11 – 11/17

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    Yale University Economics professor Steven Berry defended his students against media criticism that called them overly sensitive “snowflakes”…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    The Chronicle of Higher Education provided a chilling rundown of all the campus climate incidents since Trump’s election.…

  • Guns on Campus:

    University of Wisconsin students and faculty, met with state lawmakers and community members met to discuss the potential…

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2018
11/18 – 11/31

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    The number of college students with autism is growing on campuses across the country. However, without comprehensive support,…

  • Inclusion and Diversity on Campus:

    Since Donald Trump’s election victory, reports of bias-based incidents and harassment have risen, many with links to the…

  • Concussions:

    The University of Iowa has the lowest rate of athletic concussions in the Big 10 and Ivy Leagues…

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2018
5/30 – 6/6

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    A new program at Marquette University called Student Health Allies and Peer Educators (SHAPE), focuses on raising awareness…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    Amarillo College, a community college on the Texas Panhandle, has made poverty among its students a key priority.…

  • Sexual Assault and Title IX:

    Los Angeles police said on Tuesday that they had launched a criminal investigation into accusations that a gynecologist…

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2018
12/2 – 12/8

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports that 27 percent of medical students…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    The Chronicle interviewed Pomona College President David W. Oxtoby about his advocacy for undocumented immigrant students. The California…

  • Tobacco:

    In a close vote, 49 percent of Georgetown students voted to in favor of a Georgetown University Student…

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2018
12/9 – 12/15

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    An analysis by University of Nebraska- Lincoln compared 2015 and 2016 CARE reports, which indicate a UNL student…

  • Diversity/Inclusion:

    Thirty colleges and universities, including Ivy League and large public universities, announced last week that they will join…

  • Guns on Campus:

    Evangelical Christian Liberty University plans to open an on-campus shooting range next fall. The gun-friendly school has historically…

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2018
12/19 -12/26

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    The U.S. Department of Justice reached an agreement with Princeton University that encourages the school to update its…

  • Diversity and Inclusion on Campus:

    In Murfreesboro, Tennessee, a Muslim youth group, which includes students from Middle Tennessee State University, held an event…

  • Disabilities:

    Many students with disabilities rely on note takers to complete their final exams. At Barnard this semester, there…

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2018
12/27 – 1/9

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    Northwestern student Alana Farkas calls for reframing the discussion of mental health on campus, arguing that staying silent…

  • Inclusion on Campus:

    An op-ed in the LA Times by Frank Furedi, an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of…

  • Sexual Health:

    While two-thirds of University of Texas students are sexually active, less than 50 percent report using contraception the…

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