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MCFeed

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

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2022
12/7 – 12/13

Highlights this Week:

  • Young Professionals’ Mental Health and Wellbeing Survey:

    The Mary Christie Institute, in partnership with AACU, NACE and the Healthy Minds Network, has surveyed recent college…

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    Main St​​ories Inside Higher Ed considers the role faculty can play in upholding student mental health. Mental health…

  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:

    The Hechinger Report highlights the intense emotional toll that the mass of proposed anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, some of which…

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2022
11/30 – 12/6

Highlights this Week:

  • Yale alumni use their power to influence mental health policy:

    After Yale first-year Rachael Shaw-Rosenbaum died by suicide in March 2021, a group of her loved ones, Yale…

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    Main Stories The Washington Post continued its breaking coverage of the mental health practices unnerving the Yale community…

  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:

    At the current rate of diversification, tenured faculty will never become reflective of U.S. population demographics, according to…

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2022
11/22 – 11/29

Highlights this Week:

  • Q&A with Dr. Judi Alperin King: Supporting students without a safety net during the holidays:

    In 2014, Dr. Judi Alperin King, PhD, founded the Boston area’s first organization dedicated to supporting students who…

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    Main Stories Sports Illustrated reports that the family of Katie Meyer filed a lawsuit last week against Stanford…

  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:

    Both the University of California, Berkeley and New York University have agreed to improve certain services and facilities…

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2022
11/16 – 11/21

Highlights this Week:

  • Quadcast: Peer Programs in College Student Mental Health, part 2:

    In the second episode of MCI’s Quadcast series on peer support, executive director Marjorie Malpiede speaks with Dr.…

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    Main Stories Last week, The Washington Post published an expose on the withdrawal policies that leave Yale students…

  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:

    The Chronicle explores the evolution of media coverage of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), from focusing on…

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2022
11/09 – 11/15

Highlights this Week:

  • Webinar: Peer Programs in College Student Mental Health:

    Yesterday, the Mary Christie Institute and Ruderman Family Foundation hosted a webinar to review the findings and implications…

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    Main Stories For Inside Higher Ed, Marcus Hotaling, director of the Eppler-Wolff Counseling Center at Union College, explains…

  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:

    The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal cover a recent report from the Institute of International Education…

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2022
11/02 – 11/08

Highlights this Week:

  • A Quadcast Series: Peer Programs in College Student Mental Health, part 1:

    This week on the Quadcast, we start a two-part series focusing on peer support in college settings, coinciding…

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    Main Stories The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed report on, “Peer Programs in College Student…

  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:

    Coverage of the lawsuits against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for their…

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2022
10/26 – 11/01

Highlights this Week:

  • FRONTLINES with Jamie Davidson, Associate Vice President for Student Wellness at University of Nevada at Las Vegas:

    In the latest installment of her column “Frontlines,” former associate Dean for Health, Counseling and Wellness and Director…

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    Main Stories According to Inside Higher Ed, the president of Oglethorpe University, Nick Ladany, is putting his background…

  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:

    The Supreme Court started hearing arguments this week in the cases against Harvard University and the University of…

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2022
10/19 – 10/25

Highlights this Week:

  • Quadcast: College Junior and Mental Health Advocate Sam Gerry on Student Suicidality:

    This episode of the Quadcast marks the end of our student advocacy series co-hosted by MCI and Carson…

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    Main Stories In an effort to expand its focus on the wellbeing of high school and college students,…

  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:

    The Chronicle covers a new report assembled by several higher education leaders, contending that educational excellence does not…

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2022
10/12 – 10/18

Highlights this Week:

  • The Roommate Lottery:

    For the latest issue of the Mary Christie Quarterly, our cover story explores how colleges approach pairing first-year…

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    Main Stories The Catalyst, the student newspaper for Colorado College, discusses the fallout on campus after yet another…

  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:

    Inside Higher Ed announces the release of two new reports from Common Application which aim to provide a…

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2022
10/05 – 10/11

Highlights this Week:

  • The Dobbs Decision’s Impact on College Students:

    MCI Associate Director Dana Humphrey speaks with Gretchen Ely, PhD, MSW, a professor at the University of Tennessee…

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    Main Stories An opinion piece for The New York Times features stories of troubled teens whose parents or…

  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:

    An op-ed for The Chronicle argues that excessive rigor can disproportionately impact disabled students. Dr. Katie Rose Guest…

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2022
9/28 – 10/04

Highlights this Week:

  • Big Thinking at Bennington College:

    In the fall issue of the Mary Christie Quarterly, out next week, we feature Bennington College and its…

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    Main Stories Inside Higher Ed features the latest research from the Trevor Project, revealing that the likelihood of…

  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:

    Inside Higher Ed and The Hechinger Report showcase findings from a new paper on how introductory STEM courses…

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2022
9/21 – 9/27

Highlights this Week:

  • Quadcast: Collaborative Care Model at TCU Reframes College Mental Health Support:

    On this week’s episode, Eric Wood, Ph.D., LPC, the director of counseling and mental health at Texas Christian…

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    Main Stories Inside Higher Ed features an op-ed arguing the mental health crisis on college campuses requires more…

  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:

    At the annual meeting for the National Association for College Admission Counseling, admissions officials were stumped when asked…

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