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Lancaster University elevates student counselling and mental health services with Symplicity Advocate

Symplicity

Symplicity ® Advocate™ renowned worldwide for student case management with over 300 universities in its network, is thrilled to welcome Lancaster University as a new partner in the United Kingdom.

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Report Calls for Reforming Graduate School Debt and Data Collection

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Yet the research reveals insufficient data collection on graduate programs, thanks in large part to the need to protect the privacy of students in smaller programs. Black students make up 16% of all Grad PLUS borrowers, four percentage points higher than all other graduate students.

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Spotlighting Creighton University as Chapter of the Month

Active Minds

Our chapter knows how much mental health influences students lives everyday and how important it is to be able to talk about mental health. We are working to advocate for students in two ways. First, we are working with the counseling center to introduce an alternative to phone calls for scheduling counseling appointments.

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Prioritizing Mental Health After Tragedy with a School-Wide Mental Health Field Day

Active Minds

From the students (officers): Aliyah Chapman, Liz Kowlski, Rylee McTernan, Morin Yacoub, and Maren Bowmen After losing our friend Ava to suicide, we didn’t know what to do. Along with the bandanas, we did a mental health fundraiser in which our principal offered students the opportunity to shave his beard in support of mental health.

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Solutions in Action: Breaking Down Barriers to Student Success

Timely MD

More than one in three currently enrolled students have considered stopping out of their degree or credential program within the last six months, according to Gallup and Lumina Foundation’s State of Higher Education 2024 report. Why do some students persist while others fall back? Brown, Ph.D.,

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How to Fight Mental Health Stigma in Schools

Thrive Alliance Group

It’s well established that mental health is a basic need that must be addressed before students can learn and achieve academically. They say it’s causing students to over-identify with mental health diagnoses and that doing nothing is better than doing something about youth mental health. Every struggling student can benefit from help.

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How to promote healing with physical trauma-informed practices

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

Do you encourage students to rest and take classes at their own pace? Serves all full-time undergraduate & graduate students from KSAS, WSE, and Peabody, and on-campus SOE students. . Counseling Center Sexual Assault Helpline: 410-516-7333. Serves all Johns Hopkins students. . Peer-Led Resources .