Health & Wellness

Ep: 174: Voices of Student Success: AI Chatbot Provides Resources, Early Alerts

Ashley Mowreader — Wed, 09/17/2025 - 02:53 PM

Inside Higher Ed’s Voices of Student Success discusses how one college addresses student questions and resource awareness using a text-based AI chatbot.

Scaling Up: Expanding Basic Needs Support for Students

Ashley Mowreader — Fri, 09/12/2025 - 03:00 AM

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts’ basic needs pantry started as a student project. Now it’s a campuswide intervention for all types of students.

Only One-Third of College Students Have Positive Mental Health

Ashley Mowreader — Thu, 09/11/2025 - 03:00 AM

A new survey finds poor mental health conditions, particularly anxiety and depression, continue to impact a significant share of college students.

Ep. 172: Voices of Student Success: Expanding CPL for Military Experience

Ashley Mowreader — Thu, 09/04/2025 - 10:21 AM

Inside Higher Ed’s Voices of Student Success highlights efforts in Kentucky to expand credit for prior learning opportunities among military-affiliated students and adult learners more broadly.

Helping Student Parents Overcome Financial Fragility

Ashley Mowreader — Thu, 09/04/2025 - 03:00 AM

Data from Trellis Strategies finds that college students who have caregiving responsibilities are also more likely than their peers to work full-time and lack basic needs.

The Pawsitive Effects of Therapy Dogs for Grad Students

Ashley Mowreader — Tue, 09/02/2025 - 03:00 AM

Animal interventions have benefits for more students than just undergraduates, according to a new study.

Ep. 170: Voices of Student Success: Support for Adults of All Life Stages

Ashley Mowreader — Thu, 08/21/2025 - 03:25 PM

Inside Higher Ed’s Voices of Student Success discusses the goals, challenges and importance of continuing education programs for nontraditional students at Washington University in St. Louis.

Helping Students Emotionally Before They Turn to AI

Ashley Mowreader — Thu, 08/21/2025 - 03:00 AM

A counseling center director shares ways to engage students using technology to mitigate potential harms from emotional reliance on generative AI chat bots.

How Financial Support From Parents Relates to Students’ Basic Needs

Ashley Mowreader — Mon, 08/11/2025 - 03:00 AM

Students who report little to no financial assistance from their families while in college are more likely to be food or housing insecure, according to a new brief.

Ep. 168: Voices of Student Success: Encouraging Innovation in Credit for Prior Learning

Ashley Mowreader — Wed, 08/06/2025 - 04:00 PM

Inside Higher Ed’s Voices of Student Success discusses the challenges and opportunities in expanding credit for prior learning assessment at Utah Valley University.