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- How Incoming College Students Can Mind Their Mental Health
- College Students: Your Finances Could Use a Freshman Orientation, Too
- Correction: Schools-Absent Students-Glance story
- Correction: Schools-Absent Students story
| How Incoming College Students Can Mind Their Mental Health Posted: 09 Aug 2016 09:52 AM PDT At college campuses across the country, students have been increasingly seeking mental health services at a rate that far outpaces enrollment growth. "The utilization of counseling centers in the last five years has grown, on average, 30 to 40 percent," says Ben Locke, the executive director of the Center for Collegiate Mental Health at Penn State University, which has studied the trend. By design, Locke points out, significant resources have been put toward ensuring students seek mental health help if they need it. |
| College Students: Your Finances Could Use a Freshman Orientation, Too Posted: 09 Aug 2016 06:31 AM PDT College freshmen are already excited and stressed about those early days on campus, thanks to the mixture of newfound freedom and the insecurities of making new friends and taking college-level courses. As digital natives, most incoming freshmen (and existing college students) can find an app or budgeting software that fits their needs. |
| Correction: Schools-Absent Students-Glance story Posted: 09 Aug 2016 01:19 AM PDT In a state-by-state glance on June 7 and 8, The Associated Press, using data provided by the U.S. Department of Education, reported erroneously that Florida had a 4.5 percent chronic absenteeism rate. The Education Department says that after questions were raised by AP, it discovered technical errors in the data submitted by Florida. The correct percentage for the state was not available. |
| Correction: Schools-Absent Students story Posted: 09 Aug 2016 01:16 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story about students habitually missing school, The Associated Press, using data provided by the U.S. Department of Education, reported erroneously that Florida had the lowest rate of chronic absenteeism. The Education Department says that after questions raised by AP, it discovered technical errors in the data submitted by Florida.. |
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