The Chronicle, by Graham Vyse | November 4,2024
With the upcoming presidential elections and ongoing world crises, college counseling centers are experiencing increased pressure from students and administrators to provide support for students. In most cases, support can mean offering students workshops on distress tolerance or emotional regulation, providing spaces for mindfulness and relaxation activities, and facilitating other broad forms of psychological wellness. Implicit in these offerings is the fact that the counseling center supports all students along the political spectrum.
Eric Wood is a weekly columnist covering college mental health and emerging adulthood for Forbes Magazine
Barbara Lewis, Gary Glass, and Richard Shadick were quoted in the Chronical of Higher Education article entitled Fighting the Mental-Health Crisis Narrative August 2024.
Charnequa Kennedy is featured on The Grio for How Students Can Benefit From Counseling Centers at HBCUs
Gary Glass and Richard Shadick were quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education article entitled “The S Word: After a suicide, what information does a college owe its campus?”
Brian Krylowicz was quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education article entitled “The Kids are being Bombarded: What Colleges Need to Know About Sports Betting” -- March 6 2024
Marcus Hotaling and Richard Shadick were interviewed on the impact of Facebook on college student mental health for National Public Radio’s The Pulse podcast- January 2024
Bryan Moulton, Bonita Lynne Reeder, Philip Rosenbaum, David Walden were quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education’s article entitled “Colleges Can’t Keep Up With Students’ Mental-Health Needs. Teletherapy Companies Are Filling the Gaps.” January 2024
Nicole Krotinger was quoted in Seven Days in an article entitled Vermont Colleges School Students on Wellness as Mental Health Concerns Mount January 2024
Rekha Varghese was interviewed on the People of Color in Psychology podcast with Returning to University and College Counseling as the Heart of Community Care December 2023
Richard Shadick, quoted in EdSource, “UC Riverside’s new health center at forefront of national student wellness trend”
Jaime Sheehan, Paige Bartels, quoted in Inside Higher Ed, “Paying Undergrad Mental Health Workers”
At Yale, a Surge of Activism Forced Changes in Mental Health Policies NY Times Marcus Hotaling 9/6/23
Mental health struggles are driving more college students to consider dropping out, survey finds (https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/23/health/mental-health-college-dropout-survey-wellness/index.html) CNN, Marcus Hotaling 3/23/23
The pandemic has led to increased demand for services at campus counseling centers as well as counseling staff turnover. Dr. Hotaling, the Director of the Eppler-Wolff Counseling Center at Union College and President of the Association of University and College Counseling Center Directors (AUCCCD), joins the Quadcast to talk about how counseling centers are evolving, creating communities of care, and what today’s students are experiencing. The AUCCCD is the largest organization of campus mental health leaders in the world.
