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Tragedy and Recovery
After a Campus Shooting, What Does It Mean to Move On?
Colleges have to deal with buildings marred by violence. People have to deal with the trauma. A professor’s story illustrates that painful reality. -
Advice
Leadership Burnout: How to Restore Your Depleted Bandwidth
Three ways to deal with a to-do list that seems too lengthy for one administrator to realistically accomplish. -
A Booming Industry
‘The Kids Are Being Bombarded’: What Colleges Need to Know About Sports Betting
March Madness is almost here, and your students are going to gamble. -
The Engagement Enigma
Why Campus Life Fell Apart
Many student organizations withered on the vine during Covid. Rebuilding them isn’t an easy task. -
Health & Wellness
Colleges Need to Understand the Link Between Discrimination and Student Mental Health, Report Says
The Center for Collegiate Mental Health analyzed data for 78,000 students and found a connection between experiences of identity-based bias and more severe mental-health symptoms. -
A Worthwhile Extension
Colleges Can’t Keep Up With Students’ Mental-Health Needs. Teletherapy Companies Are Filling the Gaps.
Not long ago, virtual counseling wasn’t widely used in higher ed. Now the vendors serve close to five million college students. -
A Student Newspaper's Power
A Notre Dame Professor Said She’d Been Targeted Over Abortion. Her Lawsuit Was Just Dismissed.
Tamara Kay had alleged that a Roman Catholic student publication had printed inaccurate articles claiming she was offering abortion access to students. -
Q&A
How Colleges Can Support the Mental Health of Students of Color
A Q&A with Carlota Ocampo, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Trinity Washington University and a board member of the Steve Fund. -
Competing Demands
This ‘Academic Doula’ Calms the Panic of Faculty Parents
An unusual program supports professors once they’ve come back from leave. -
Advice
Presidents Don’t Talk About Their Panic Attacks
Advice for leaders and boards about how to deal with the increasing stress of campus leadership positions.