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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
7/12 – 7/18

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    University of Washington is offering a course called “EDUC 200: Wellness and Resilience for College and Beyond.” Available…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    In an op-ed for the Red and Black, the University of Georgia’s student paper, Asher Beckner writes about…

  • Drug Use:

    The Harvard Crimson does a deep dive on the history of weed on campus as Massachusetts prepares to…

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2018
7/19 -7/25

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    USA Today’s two-part series on college athlete mental health addresses why so few student athletes seek help. The…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    Leaders of historically black colleges and universities attended a day-long summit hosted by the Human Rights Campaign, an…

  • Sexual Assault and Title IX:

    Men are increasingly using Title IX to defend themselves against what they view as bias during sexual assault…

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2018
7/26 – 8/1

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Emotional Health:

    In a letter to the editor in The Tech, MIT’s student paper, Elizabeth Glaser, whose son is an…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    The Triangle, Drexel University’s student paper, reports that white nationalist flyers were found on campus. The Brown and…

  • College Affordability:

    U.S. college tuition is growing at the slowest pace in decades, following a nearly 400% rise over the…

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2018
8/2 – 8/8

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    Mental health experts have expressed concern that the Netflix show “13 Reasons Why” poses a health risk for…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    After a difficult year at Harvey Mudd College that included racial tensions, student suicide, and a campus shutdown,…

  • College Affordability:

    Recent data have shown that net college tuition is, for the first time in years, rising in line…

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2018
8/8 – 8/22

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    In the University of Maryland student newspaper, The Diamondback, senior Mitchell Rock calls for ending the stigma against…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    As universities across the country attempt to reckon with their ties to slavery, the University of Mississippi recently…

  • Academic Achievement/Retention:

    According to two recently released surveys, half of the nation’s high school students feel academically unprepared for college,…

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2018
8/24 – 8/29

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Emotional Health:

    A Google feature now asks anyone who searches for “depression” if they want to take a clinically validated…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    The New York Times analyzed data from National Center for Education Statistics, finding that after decades of affirmative…

  • Greek Life:

    American University expelled 18 students for involvement with Epsilon Iota, an unrecognized fraternity that has a reputation for…

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2018
8/30 – 9/5

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    In an op-ed for the University of Southern California’s student paper, The Daily Trojan, Maverick Freelander points to…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill denied a request by white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak…

  • Hunger and Homelessness:

    According to the Los Angeles Community College District, one in five students are homeless, and nearly two-thirds can’t…

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2018
9/6 – 9/12

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Emotional Health:

    A group of University of Missouri students are lobbying for legislation that would require the state’s public universities…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    Gonzaga University has combined its Unity Multicultural Education Center with its LGBTQ+ Resource Center, creating a new umbrella…

  • Substance Use:

    The six-year debate over a campus-wide tobacco ban South Dakota State University continues with the school’s Student’s Association…

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2018
5/23 – 5/29

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    The University of Michigan’s Athletes Connected program is a collaborative effort between the School of Public Health, the Depression Center…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    The U.S. Education Department has opened investigations into whether programs supporting women at Yale University and the University of Southern…

  • Disabilities:

    According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, as many as one in four students at some elite…

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2018
5/16 – 5/22

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    In the recent profile of the 2016 suicide of a Hamilton College sophomore, whose professors had known he…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    Last week, the police chief at Texas State University resigned, less than two weeks after his department arrested four protesters,…

  • Sexual Assault and Title IX:

    The LA Times reports on the University of Southern California gynecologist who practiced on campus for 26 years despite repeated complaints of…

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2018
9/13 – 9/19

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    A Georgia Tech student, who was found with a knife in his pocket, was shot and killed by…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    UCLA’s  vice provost for enrollment management, Youlonda Copeland-Morgan, tells the Washington Post that many schools’ financial aid structures…

  • DACA:

    The Atlantic explores what ending DACA could mean for colleges. Without the program, undocumented students would lose their…

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2018
9/20 – 9/26

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    A group of Indian American students at Northwestern University are launching I-AM SHAKTI to provide support and education…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    Cornell’s Student Assembly responded to racially charged harassment on their campus by passing a resolution that condemned hate…

  • Drug and Alcohol Use:

    Two stadiums at Wichita State will now serve alcohol during the sporting events they host. The school sees…

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