Residential Life

Boston University mental health experts published a set of guides for helping students who take leaves of absence for psychological reasons.

As colleges offer students freebies and financial incentives to get a COVID-19 vaccine, scholars and campus leaders are divided on whether paying students to get vaccinated is equitable -- or ethical.

Students are increasingly relying on professors for mental health assistance. The instructors are willing -- challenging long-standing perceptions that it’s “not part of the job” -- but they need and want more guidance on how to help, report says.

A new study of three universities found that certain dorms on their campuses were widely, but unofficially, considered off-limits for low-income students and students of color.

Propelled by the racial justice movement and the pandemic, student activists are pressuring colleges to implement dining services free from corporate influences.

Many students who need resources aren't receiving them, but colleges can take some key steps to lower the barriers, write Laura Post Horne and Kelly A. Davis.

Counseling and learning share substantial elements, writes Gary D. Glass, and those of us who work in mental health should take ownership of our roles as educators.

New Jersey university may be the first to require COVID vaccination. In mandating the vaccines, which are approved under the FDA's emergency authorization process, colleges are breaking new ground.