{"id":7982,"date":"2023-03-17T11:50:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T15:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/?p=7982"},"modified":"2023-12-11T10:29:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T15:29:38","slug":"campus-culture-needs-change-student-mental-physical-health-depend-on-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/campus-culture-needs-change-student-mental-physical-health-depend-on-it\/","title":{"rendered":"TDM Talks: Campus Culture Needs to Change; Student Mental &#038; Physical Health Depend on It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><button id=\"listenButton1\" class=\"responsivevoice-button\" type=\"button\" value=\"Play\" title=\"ResponsiveVoice Tap to Start\/Stop Speech\"><span>&#128266; Listen to this article<\/span><\/button>\n        <script>\n            listenButton1.onclick = function(){\n                if(responsiveVoice.isPlaying()){\n                    responsiveVoice.cancel();\n                }else{\n                    responsiveVoice.speak(\"Editor\u2019s Note: This article talks about mental health and suicide, and could be triggering for some individuals. If you or someone you know is in crisis, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline can help. To speak with someone, dial 988.\u00a0 With many college students enjoying spring break this week, I can\u2019t help thinking how desperately they need this time to recharge their mental health. It\u2019s been a tough year, especially at NC State University, where last month the administration released sweeping mental health recommendations in response to a cluster of student suicides.\u00a0 The deaths of 10 students since September 2022, five by suicide, would be heartwrenching for anyone. But as a parent of a recent graduate of the NC State College of Engineering, I have followed the news with sadness and some frustration. Many students are still experiencing the needless stress and mental anguish that made my daughter\u2019s experience difficult \u2013 or \u201chellish\u201d as she describes it. A Personal Take on Mental Health That is why I applaud the scope and thoroughness of NC State\u2019s response to the recent mental health crisis. The report from the university\u2019s Mental Health Task Force, released in February, describes the ongoing student mental health crisis and recommends many common-sense efforts to address it. Among the many suggestions in the 89-page report are three ideas worth exploring: prohibiting assignments due on weekends, relaxing in-person attendance policies, and creating a Dean of Students to advocate for the student body.\u00a0 I can\u2019t help but wonder how different my daughter\u2019s experience would have been if these measures had been in place five years ago. Consider these examples from her four years at State: Weekend work It used to be that assignments were handed in during class, and students had at least one weekend day to relax and destress. But today, assignments are commonly due at midnight on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. My daughter frequently left Saturday afternoon events with her friends to go back to the library to work, or she had to skip weekend social events entirely. Studies have shown the health benefits of time to unplug and destress, but because assignments are due every day, many students just don\u2019t get that time.\u00a0 Attendance policies During the Fall 2020 semester, when COVID was rampaging through the student body, most of my daughter\u2019s professors moved to remote instruction \u2013 all except for one. This engineering professor demanded the students attend in-person classes, telling them that if they were worried about getting sick, they should drop his class. Because the required course was offered only once a year, dropping it would mean delaying graduation for a year \u2013 not something any of the students wanted to do. A flexible attendance policy would have made it possible for my daughter to come home, instead of remaining isolated and alone in her dorm until the administration closed the campus for everyone. Dean of Students One of the most pernicious aspects of my daughter\u2019s time at State was the absurdly frequent microaggressions, toward her and her fellow women engineering students. During one class, a young woman asked a question, and the professor responded not with the answer, but by berating the student for wasting the class\u2019s time with such a ridiculous question. Many of the students in the 70-person class \u2013 including my daughter \u2013 were appalled at the man\u2019s response. They reported the incident to the department head, but a Dean of Students would have provided an additional avenue to report the egregious behavior. Make Campuses More Like Workplaces All three of these suggested policy changes have parallels in the business world. Managers must respect employees\u2019 time away from work, and most employers encourage a healthy work-life balance. Inclusive workplaces focus on performance, not whether employees are physically present for a certain set of hours, and allow flexible schedules and remote work. Microaggressions and inappropriate behavior from team leaders are immediately reported to HR and remedial action is taken. Even the absurdly common homophobic language my daughter had to put up with from her fellow students isn\u2019t tolerated in the modern workplace.\u00a0 I have no problem with students working hard at academically challenging programs. It\u2019s the arbitrary policies and microaggressions that I take issue with. If universities are serious about increasing diversity in STEM industries, they need to make classrooms and labs more welcoming to people with underrepresented identities. Eliminating toxic behavior and making classrooms more inclusive would also lower the stress levels and improve the mental health of marginalized students. Despite the challenges she faced, my child was fortunate to have support from her fellow women engineering students, friends at the LGBTQ Pride Center, mentors through the Women in Science & Engineering program, and a private mental health practitioner. At both companies she\u2019s worked at since graduation, my daughter has found supportive mentors, collaborative colleagues, and acceptance for who she is and what she can do.\u00a0 The Student Mental Health Crisis is Widespread Universities across the country are grappling with the student mental health crisis. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for college and university students, with a national rate of roughly seven deaths per 100,000 people. Many more young people report suicidal thoughts and attempt suicide. Students with marginalized identities are especially at risk of suicide, with LGBTQ+ youth reporting suicidal thoughts or behaviors four times more often than their peers.\u00a0 More and more business leaders are recognizing the importance of mental health and the damage that constant stress can cause. All institutions of higher learning should follow the example of these forward-thinking organizations and enact policies to protect the mental health of everyone on campus \u2013 from staff to students.\u00a0 NC State has added more mental health clinicians on campus, and more actions recommended by the Mental Health Task Force will be coming soon. In addition to completing the changes already planned, staff must also gain buy-in throughout the campus \u2013 even from tenured professors and students. Changing attitudes about mental health, stress, and appropriate classroom behavior won\u2019t be easy, but the incentives are high and, as we have seen, the risks can be tragic.\u00a0 People are finally talking about mental health on campus and the toll that academic pressure and stress takes on our young people. This is a good thing. What is even better, is that NC State and other universities are taking concrete steps to make the college experience safer for students. Amber Keister is a Content Strategist at The Diversity Movement. She has spent more than 20 years as a journalist for publications throughout the South. Connect with her on Linkedin.\", \"US English Male\");\n                }\n            };\n        <\/script>\n    <\/br><br \/>\n<b><i>Editor\u2019s Note:<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This article talks about mental health and suicide, and could be triggering for some individuals. If you or someone you know is in crisis, the <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/988lifeline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Suicide Prevention Lifeline<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can help. To speak with someone, dial 988.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With many college students enjoying spring break this week, I can\u2019t help thinking how desperately they need this time to recharge their mental health. It\u2019s been a tough year, especially at NC State University, where last month the administration <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/local\/education\/article272562366.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">released sweeping mental health recommendations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in response to a cluster of student suicides.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7984\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7984\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7984 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iStock-1158037173-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Raleigh, NC, USA - NOVEMBER 24: William Neal Reynolds Coliseum on November 24, 2017 at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iStock-1158037173-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iStock-1158037173-scaled-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iStock-1158037173-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iStock-1158037173-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iStock-1158037173-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iStock-1158037173-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reynolds Coliseum at NC State<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The deaths of 10 students since September 2022, five by suicide, would be heartwrenching for anyone. But as a parent of a recent graduate of the NC State College of Engineering, I have followed the news with sadness and some frustration. Many students are still experiencing the needless stress and mental anguish that made my daughter\u2019s experience difficult \u2013 or \u201chellish\u201d as she describes it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>A Personal Take on Mental Health<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is why I applaud the scope and thoroughness of NC State\u2019s response to the recent mental health crisis. The report from the university\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23686795-nc-state-student-mental-health-task-force-report-executive-summary-feb-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mental Health Task Force<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, released in February, describes the ongoing student mental health crisis and recommends many common-sense efforts to address it. Among the many suggestions in the 89-page report are three ideas worth exploring: prohibiting assignments due on weekends, relaxing in-person attendance policies, and creating a Dean of Students to advocate for the student body.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I can\u2019t help but wonder how different my daughter\u2019s experience would have been if these measures had been in place five years ago. Consider these examples from her four years at State:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Weekend work<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It used to be that assignments were handed in during class, and students had at least one weekend day to relax and destress. But today, assignments are commonly due at midnight on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. My daughter frequently left Saturday afternoon events with her friends to go back to the library to work, or she had to skip weekend social events entirely. Studies have shown the health benefits of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2022\/09\/the-surprising-benefits-of-work-life-support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">time to unplug and destress<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but because assignments are due every day, many students just don\u2019t get that time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Attendance policies<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the Fall 2020 semester, when COVID was rampaging through the student body, most of my daughter\u2019s professors moved to remote instruction \u2013 all except for one. This engineering professor demanded the students attend in-person classes, telling them that if they were worried about getting sick, they should drop his class. Because the required course was offered only once a year, dropping it would mean delaying graduation for a year \u2013 not something any of the students wanted to do. A flexible attendance policy would have made it possible for my daughter to come home, instead of remaining isolated and alone in her dorm until the administration closed the campus for everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Dean of Students<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most pernicious aspects of my daughter\u2019s time at State was the absurdly frequent microaggressions, toward her and her fellow women engineering students. During one class, a young woman asked a question, and the professor responded not with the answer, but by berating the student for wasting the class\u2019s time with such a ridiculous question. Many of the students in the 70-person class \u2013 including my daughter \u2013 were appalled at the man\u2019s response. They reported the incident to the department head, but a Dean of Students would have provided an additional avenue to report the egregious behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7983 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iStock-1369503495-1024x716.jpg\" alt=\"High angle shot of an unrecognizable young female student looking stressed while studying in the library\" width=\"1024\" height=\"716\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iStock-1369503495-1024x716.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iStock-1369503495-scaled-600x419.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iStock-1369503495-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iStock-1369503495-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iStock-1369503495-1536x1073.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iStock-1369503495-2048x1431.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/716;\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Make Campuses More Like Workplaces<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All three of these suggested policy changes have parallels in the business world. Managers must respect employees\u2019 time away from work, and most employers encourage a healthy work-life balance. Inclusive workplaces focus on performance, not whether employees are physically present for a certain set of hours, and allow flexible schedules and remote work. Microaggressions and inappropriate behavior from team leaders are immediately reported to HR and remedial action is taken. Even the absurdly common homophobic language my daughter had to put up with from her fellow students isn\u2019t tolerated in the modern workplace.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have no problem with students working hard at academically challenging programs. It\u2019s the arbitrary policies and microaggressions that I take issue with. If universities are serious about increasing diversity in STEM industries, they need to make classrooms and labs more welcoming to people with underrepresented identities. Eliminating toxic behavior and making classrooms more inclusive would also lower the stress levels and improve the mental health of marginalized students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the challenges she faced, my child was fortunate to have support from her fellow women engineering students, friends at the LGBTQ Pride Center, mentors through the Women in Science &amp; Engineering program, and a private mental health practitioner. At both companies she\u2019s worked at since graduation, my daughter has found supportive mentors, collaborative colleagues, and acceptance for who she is and what she can do.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/library\/%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8874 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NEW-TDM-Library-Display-Ad_Large-B-1024x341.png\" alt=\"TDM Library. Your one-stop-shop for update DEI Resources. Explore with a free trial. Click here to learn more.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NEW-TDM-Library-Display-Ad_Large-B-1024x341.png 1024w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NEW-TDM-Library-Display-Ad_Large-B-600x200.png 600w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NEW-TDM-Library-Display-Ad_Large-B-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NEW-TDM-Library-Display-Ad_Large-B-768x256.png 768w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NEW-TDM-Library-Display-Ad_Large-B.png 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/341;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The Student Mental Health Crisis is Widespread<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Universities across the country are grappling with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apa.org\/monitor\/2022\/10\/mental-health-campus-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">student mental health crisis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for college and university students, with a national rate of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sprc.org\/sites\/default\/files\/migrate\/library\/SuicideAmongCollegeStudentsInUS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">roughly seven deaths<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> per 100,000 people. Many more young people report suicidal thoughts and attempt suicide. Students with marginalized identities are especially at risk of suicide, with LGBTQ+ youth reporting suicidal thoughts or behaviors four times more often than their peers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More and more business leaders are recognizing the importance of mental health and the damage that constant stress can cause. All institutions of higher learning should follow the example of these forward-thinking organizations and enact policies to protect the mental health of everyone on campus \u2013 from staff to students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NC State has added more mental health clinicians on campus, and more actions recommended by the Mental Health Task Force will be coming soon. In addition to completing the changes already planned, staff must also gain buy-in throughout the campus \u2013 even from tenured professors and students. Changing attitudes about mental health, stress, and appropriate classroom behavior won\u2019t be easy, but the incentives are high and, as we have seen, the risks can be tragic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People are finally talking about mental health on campus and the toll that academic pressure and stress takes on our young people. This is a good thing. What is even better, is that NC State and other universities are taking concrete steps to make the college experience safer for students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/library\/%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8047 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TDM-Library-Footer-Ad-B-1024x85.png\" alt=\"Display ad for TDM Library. Text says &quot;Find more content like this in TDM Library. Start my free trial&quot;\" width=\"1024\" height=\"85\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TDM-Library-Footer-Ad-B-1024x85.png 1024w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TDM-Library-Footer-Ad-B-600x50.png 600w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TDM-Library-Footer-Ad-B-300x25.png 300w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TDM-Library-Footer-Ad-B-768x64.png 768w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TDM-Library-Footer-Ad-B.png 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/85;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/team\/amber-keister\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Amber Keister<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a Content Strategist at The Diversity Movement. She has spent more than 20 years as a journalist for publications throughout the South. Connect with her on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/amberkeister\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Linkedin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s Note: This article talks about mental health and suicide, and could be triggering for some individuals. 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