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Why data competency reached the forefront of this university’s curriculum

Alcino Donadel | April 15, 2024

Elon University, a private university based in the liberal arts in North Carolina, recently announced that it's promising that 90% of its students will reach a foundational level of "data competency" by the time they graduate.

Student-athletes are at double the risk of suicide than they were two decades ago, study

Alcino Donadel | April 12, 2024

Researchers found that between July 2002 and June 2022, the rate of NCAA varsity athlete deaths by suicide rose to 15.3%, an alarm-raising jump from 7.6%.

University president is cleared of bullying in Black academic’s suicide

March 25, 2024

The president of Lincoln University in Missouri will remain in his position, the institution decided after an investigation into the suicide of a Black administrator found no evidence that he had bullied her, according to university officials. President John Moseley was placed on paid leave after the death in January of Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey, the […]

‘She endured cruelty’: what led to a leader’s death at a historically Black university?

February 29, 2024

Based on Antoinette Candia-Bailey’s own accounting of her eight-month tenure at Lincoln, the trouble began with a disastrous performance evaluation Candia-Bailey received in mid-November. The situation went “downhill”, Candia-Bailey said, after she asked Moseley and the board of curators for accommodations through the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act due to […]

President moves: A historic hire, a retirement and 1 leader on leave

Alcino Donadel | January 25, 2024

It was a quiet week among presidents' comings and goings. A first-time female leader is beginning her career and one long-time leader is in his twilight. Plus, one president has been placed on administrative leave in the wake of an administrator's suicide.

Faculty—not just students—are stressed out and considering leaving, per survey

Alcino Donadel | January 16, 2024

Students' sustained mental health issues, among other job pressures, are feeding faculty and staff stress and anxiety, according to TimelyCare.

Boston College professor creates program to help Black teens with Autism improve mental health

September 25, 2023

Boston College Professor Ed-Dee Williams wanted to know what the depression rates for Black autistic youth looked like, “given there’s communication deficits, they experience bullying, higher incarceration rates, and higher suicide rates,” he said. So, he researched even further. He’s collaborating with SIMmersion, a company that’s produced similar programs virtual role-playing conversation training for autistic […]

Opinion: How health privacy laws are hurting college students and their families

September 19, 2023

A recent article in The New York Times documented the story of Rachael Shaw-Rosenbaum, a first-year student at Yale who committed suicide in 2021. According to her family, Shaw-Rosenbaum knew she had mental health issues, but feared revealing them to the university because of its policy that students who are suicidal may not remain on campus. […]

Which mental health strategies should be embraced—or avoided? Check the data

Alcino Donadel | June 15, 2023

Skill-training strategies, such as mindfulness, boast consistently positive evidence of improved social-emotional skills. Gatekeeper training, however, needs another look.

Department of Education pumps out $100 million to meet growing mental health demand

Alcino Donadel | May 17, 2023

The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act is expected to train more than 14,000 new mental health professionals and distribute another $1 billion over the next five years.

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