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Advocacy Group Offers Model Policy on Mental Health Problems

Most college campuses have counseling services to deal with students who may have a potentially serious mental health problem, but not all institutions have a well-defined policy that benefits students while addressing the school’s concerns about liability.

May 24, 2007

Just the Stats: Can High School Counselors Prevent Drop-Outs?

A new report by the National Center for Education Statistics suggests a strong relationship between the number of credit hours a high-school student earns as a freshman and their likelihood to drop out. With this information, could school administrators identify potential dropouts early enough to intervene?

April 30, 2007

Va. Tech Gunman Writings Raised Concerns

BLACKSBURG, Va. The gunman in the Virginia Tech massacre was a sullen loner who alarmed professors and classmates with his twisted, violence-drenched creative writing and left a rambling note in his dorm room raging against women and rich kids. A chilling picture emerged Tuesday of Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old senior English major a day after the bloodbath that left 33 people dead, including Cho, who killed himself as police closed in.

April 17, 2007

Admissions Anxiety Reaches New Regions

DURHAM N.C. SAT tutors. High-priced essay coaches. Over-the-top parents who make selecting a college feel like a matter of life and death. They have become commonplace in admissions “hot spots,” largely in the Northeast and on the West Coast places where the college application process is palpably more intense than elsewhere. But now admissions anxiety is creeping into other parts of the country.

October 21, 2006

IU Group That Helps Minority Students Faces New Challenges

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. An Indiana University program that gives Black students a head start and counseling to boost their chances of getting a degree is facing new challenges.

August 27, 2006

Multiracial Students Not Confused, Says Study

Every year when students fill out college application forms, many get frustrated when asked to identify a racial category, especially if they are multiracial…

March 30, 2006

More College Students Seeking Mental Health Help, Says Study

More college students are seeking help for mental illness than in previous years, according to the 2005 National Survey of Counseling Directors….

March 29, 2006

Virtual Reality Helping Cure Anxiety Disorders

Patients at the University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview are learning to overcome their fears by facing them. Sort of…

March 8, 2006

Duke University Toughens its Drug Testing

Duke University has strengthened its policy for student-athletes who test positive for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, school officials announced recently…

March 8, 2006

Duke University Toughens its Drug Testing Policy for Student-Athletes

Duke University has strengthened its policy for student-athletes who test positive for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, school officials announced recently…

February 12, 2006

College Counselors Adapt to Diverse, Reluctant Students

Janie Cisneros was having a crisis and needed to talk to a counselor…

December 19, 2005

George Mason University Team Offers

George Mason University Counseling and Development Program faculty and graduate students in…

December 14, 2005

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