Stress can impact the ability to focus, learn and perform well in class, according to Student Voice data from Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse, creating a challenging environment for students ...

Students’ mental health and overall well-being continue to lag, finds Inside Higher Ed’s Student Voice survey, even as campuses expand support services. Just 27 percent of undergraduates describe ...

Co-written by Dan Simons and Julie Baron. The current playbook of academic institutions striving to provide mental health support for students is not working. While many campuses have funded ...

Nearly half of school mental health providers (46%) in a recent survey said that student mental health has worsened this school year compared to last year. The 2024 State of Student Mental Health ...

Recent studies cast doubt on whether large-scale mental health interventions are making young people better. Some even suggest they can have a negative effect. By Ellen Barry See more of our coverage ...

After the COVID-19 pandemic shone a spotlight on youth mental health, much attention continues to be paid to the topic, with everyone from mental health experts and educators to parents and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marybeth Gasman writes about racism, philanthropy, HBCUs & faculty. Mental health has become one of the most important issues on ...

While the stigma against mental illness is decreasing, high school student-athletes in America are still failing to receive adequate support necessary to overcome their ongoing mental health battles ...

The word “crisis” is used frequently and, I would argue, inaccurately, to depict the psychological well-being of today’s college students. It is true that college students’ mental health has ...

Fewer than half of public schools—48 percent—report that they can effectively meet students’ mental health needs, and that number has dwindled in the past few years even as students’ needs have risen.