US EditionNew Report Reveals Alarming Impact of Untreated Student Mental Health
- In 2025, CU Boulder began a program focused on enhancing student mental health and wellness through collaboration with the Jed Foundation.
- The initiative was prompted by rising national student mental health challenges and Chancellor Justin Schwartz's call to center efforts on students.
- Led by Professor Sona Dimidjian, the initiative plans to form an advisory group and produce action and evaluation plans to strengthen mental health programs.
- The 2025 Ripple Effect report found 71% of parents say their child misses school monthly due to mental health, with 62% of superintendents linking health to academic decline.
- This crisis disrupts classrooms, exhausts budgets, and increases educator burnout, prompting calls to integrate mental health fully into education policies and practices.
17 Articles
17 Articles
Daily Camera
Longmont Times-CallCU Boulder launches new initiative for student mental health
The University of Colorado Boulder has launched a new initiative to improve student mental health and wellness. The effort was initiated by Chancellor Justin Schwartz, who said student mental health is a “national endemic challenge” and that he and the university want to take a leadership role in modernizing how those challenges are addressed. “The work must be centered on our students,” Schwartz said in a release. “We highlight student flourish…
Survey: 71% of superintendents share health concerns for students
The 2025 Ripple Effect Report reveals the impact of the student mental health crisis. The report says 71% of superintendents now rank student health as their top concern, with costs to academic performance and teacher burnout mounting nationwide.
U.S. Sen. Baldwin: WATCH: Baldwin calls out Education Secretary for gutting funding for student mental health in Wisconsin
More than a third of Wisconsin’s high school students reported feeling depressed, sad, or hopeless WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) questioned...
The worldwide prevalence of self-reported psychological and behavioral symptoms in medical students: An umbrella review and meta-analysis of meta-analyses
Medical students frequently experience a range of stressors, such as demanding academic requirements, competition and rivalry, self-doubt, and financi…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 80% of the sources are Center
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
Ownership
To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage
