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Beyond Academia: Recognizing and Supporting Non-Academic Struggles of Ph.D. Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Blake's article, "Graduate School and Mental Illness: A Survey of Strategies for Support," underscores the prevalence of mental health struggles among graduate students. students face, particularly concerning chronic illnesses and mental health challenges. students grappling with chronic illnesses and mental health concerns.

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Preparing for a government shutdown

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

Faculty and staff members: If unexpected issues arise in your own work for the university because of the shutdown, please report them to your school’s vice dean for research, or to your local Human Resources office. For further information about the potential government shutdown, read the Hub article.

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Dear Tyler and Jay: Welcome back, Blue Jays!

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

We also want to reiterate that having interpersonal relationships, no matter what they look like, is a universal experience of being human. Each article will feature two to three questions that we receive from students or trainees, which will be answered by Jay and/or Tyler (and sometimes an occasional guest star contributor).

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What the mental health crisis means for student success leaders

EAB

The pandemic ripple effects on student success will last for years, including the long-term impact on student mental health. The stresses and loss of the pandemic profoundly impacted student well-being, while the social disruption and isolation altered their social development. College Pulse Survey, Spring 2022.

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Maximize the Impact of Student Success Initiatives with Regular Efficacy Assessment

Civitas Learning

Knowing that the emergency funds had the greatest impact on part-time students, late-career students, low-income students, women, and those with the lowest likelihood of persistence enabled support staff to tailor messaging directly to these student populations.

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The Ultimate School Counseling Hack: ChatGPT For School Counselors

The Counseling Geek

However, traditional counseling approaches can be time-consuming and resource-intensive, making it difficult for schools to provide the level of support that students need. Did you get back what you expected or did it not work so well? Did you have any other use examples that you can share with your colleagues reading this article?

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The “Red Zone” of sexual assault

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

Because of the hormones the human brain releases (adrenalin, cortisol, opioids, and oxytocin) during a traumatic event, survivors may respond in ways that are unexpected to folks who support them or even to survivors themselves. Editor’s note: former SHWB interns Quinn Kenny and Nicole Brim were substantial contributors to this article.