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ERIC Number: ED645843
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 6
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
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Supporting Student Mental Health: Findings from Texas Community Colleges. Research Brief. RB-A2552-2
Holly Kosiewicz; Heidi Kane; Trey Miller; Lisa Sontag-Padilla; Denise Williams
RAND Corporation
Community colleges and the broader U.S. higher education system are struggling to respond to rising rates of mental health problems among students. Without adequate mental health supports, students risk a wide variety of serious and lasting consequences. Confronted with these issues, federal, state, and college officials lack research guidance about the effectiveness of campus- and system-level mental health responses at community colleges--and how such efforts might integrate with schools' other student support services. In "Understanding How Texas Community College Campuses Are Supporting Student Mental Health," RAND researchers documented their collaboration with University of Texas, Dallas researchers who led the study of ten Texas community colleges' approaches to supporting student mental health. The research team found that while the schools offer a variety of mental health supports, many of these approaches are not evidence-based, and few target students at higher risk of mental illness (e.g., Black, Indigenous, and other students of color; students identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning [LGBTQ]; and first-generation college students). The research team also identified various challenges to supporting student mental health, including schools' limited resources and care capacity and students' low awareness of mental health supports.
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Related Records: ED645850
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: RAND Education and Labor
Identifiers - Location: Texas
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