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10 Best Practices for Supporting College Students’ Mental Health

Timely MD

Despite their best efforts and continual improvement, recruiting and retaining a diverse team of therapists that represents students’ identities, backgrounds, and lived experiences has long been a challenge for college counseling centers. A year ago, retention of counselors was huge, a huge problem.

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How Racial and Ethnic Identity Influence Your College Journey

EAB

The most popular one right now is on financial literacy. In Makuu we have sort of a common space we call the Makuu living room, that's really the space people congregate between classes, have lunch, and you'll hear students, say, alright, I gotta wrap this conversation up 'cause I gotta go to meet with my therapist.