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Colleges Expand Wellness Offerings for Student Success
To address concerns about student health and well-being, institutions are bolstering their campus wellness spaces and services.
Listen: Colleges Navigate Students’ Digital Addictions
Students can access just about anything with the tap of an icon. How can this create harmful habits and what is higher education’s role in teaching preventive wellness?
A Vending Machine for Health Supplies
Machines selling drugstore items such as bandages and tampons give community college students greater access to affordable health products.
GAO Calls for Federal Agencies to Do More to Close the SNAP Gap
Students have trouble accessing federal food benefits. Poor planning at the Ed Department and the Department of Agriculture aren’t helping, a new GAO report concluded.
Student Wellness Tip: Encouraging Students to Have a Healthy Body Image
Disordered eating and negative body perception can harm student success. Large- and small-scale supports can address these challenges.
Delivering Career Wellness Education for Student Thriving
An intervention from the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions at the University of Wisconsin at Madison helps students preserve well-being and self-development throughout their career.
Report: What Hinders Community College Retention?
A new paper from the Annenberg Institute evaluates barriers to success for low-income community college students. Researchers found financial and mental health concerns are tied to lower completion rates.
University Funds Student-Led Grant Proposals for Well-Being Initiatives
Elon University launched a grant program for internally developed projects that target community well-being. Four funded proposals will begin this year, and student grant recipients will present at a university conference in the fall.