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We need to really design when we return to campus a culture of caring, compassion and belongingness.” “We have to come at this from a health and safety perspective, and that includes well-being and mental health. “What’s key is to remind everyone that we’re really not out of the woods yet with COVID-19,” she said. Riba said it’s up to institutions to create the right environment for students to succeed during the pandemic. The Jed Foundation created guidance earlier this month to address campus mental health and well-being for the fall semester. “And there has been collective trauma across the board on student mental health … There’s been great loss throughout this last year and a half.” “COVID has been pretty multidimensional for many folks,” she said. Throughout the pandemic, college students have had difficulty accessing mental health care and have experienced higher rates of depression because of COVID-19.Įrica Riba, director of higher education and student engagement at the Jed Foundation, a nonprofit that protects emotional health and works to prevent suicide among teenagers and young adults, said the results of the BCSSE aren’t surprising. The results come as institutions expand their mental health services for the upcoming semester. The survey will remain open until mid-September, ultimately collecting data from an estimated 50,000 entering first-year students. "The combination of mental and emotional exhaustion and expected academic difficulty strongly suggests an imperative to implement widespread and early check-ins by faculty, academic advisors, and student life staff to offer the support and - if necessary - intervention to help students’ first college year be successful," the survey said.īetween May and early August of this year, more than 35,000 students took the BCSSE survey, which is administered by Indiana University’s Center for Postsecondary Research. University confirms cyberattack after weeks of rumors.Faculty's failings in class can be opportunities to improve (opinion).
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