As small Mass. colleges close, a growing focus on saving the students rather than the schools
As demographic decline and financial pressures push more colleges toward closure, leaders are looking beyond mergers and asking: what’s worth saving?
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Reviewing Mental Health On Campus
WGBH News' Higher Ed desk wraps up the four-part "Stressed And Depressed" series. -
On Campus Radio: Stressed And Depressed On Campus
A look at how mental health is becoming a bigger focus than ever before on college campuses. -
As Demand For Mental Health Services Rises, Colleges Scramble To Provide Resources To Students
New York University is seen by many colleges as a model for how to respond to a mental health crisis. -
Struggling With Perceived Isolation, Many First-Gen College Students Face Mental Health Problems
How social isolation can undermine the well-being of low-income students who may also be the first in their family to go to college. -
House, Senate Set to Pass Landmark Ed Funding Bill
House and Senate negotiators on Tuesday filed a compromise bill that will change the course of K-12 education funding over the next seven years. -
The College Pressure Cooker: High Achieving Students, High Mental Health Risks
A recent survey of college counseling centers found that just over half of the students they serve have severe psychological problems. -
'The Pressures On Kids — They're Born Into It'
The early intensity in upscale suburban families about their children’s future achievement is said to be one factor behind the mental health crisis that colleges are facing. -
A Teen Tried To Raise Red Flags About Her Boyfriend, But He Took His Own Life. Is The School Responsible?
One Acton-Boxborough case shines a light on the patchwork of school mental health training. -
Paul Reville: As Higher Education Costs Skyrocket, The 4-Year College Model Is 'Breaking Down'
As the cost of a four-year liberal arts education is set to hit $100,000 at some institutions, less and less people are graduating through that model. -
Boston Police Academy Holds Exam At Shuttered West Roxbury Education Complex, Despite 'Facility Emergency'
The city’s inspectional services department said the building was not viable past June 2019, but the Boston Police Academy used the building last week to hold a physical fitness test.
