More than 1 million fewer students are enrolled in college now than before the pandemic began.” So stated the January NPR report citing data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. From 2019 to…
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How COVID-19 Affects Philanthropic Organizations
Stanford Social Innovation Review Mar 16, 2022“Crisis and Change: Conversations With Leaders” is produced in partnership by The Pew Charitable Trusts and Stanford Social Innovation Review. In the series, leaders from across the social sector share insights…
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Healthcare Aiming to Improve the Lives of Transgender Youth
The ConversationWhen Charlie, a 10-year-old boy, came in for his first visit, he didn’t look at me or my colleague. Angry and crying, he insisted to us that he was cisgender…
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The Rate of Postpartum Depression for New Mothers in 2020
Futurity Mar 16, 2022One in three new mothers during early COVID-19 screened positive for postpartum depression, a new study shows. That’s nearly triple pre-pandemic levels. The researchers also found 1 in 5 had…
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How to Care for Student Well-being and Mental Health
The 74 Mar 15, 2022In early 2021, emergency room visits in the U.S. for suicide attempts increased a staggering 51% for adolescent girls over the same period in 2019. Even before the pandemic, mental…
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How Flexible Technology Will Advance Education Systems Going Forward
Higher Education Dive Mar 15, 2022Today’s learning environments are placing an increased emphasis on flexible and interactive technology. From purely remote learning to hybrid learning, the pandemic has accelerated all modes of online teaching and…
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The Increased Risks for Refugee and Migrant Women and Girls During the Pandemic
Futurity Mar 14, 2022The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated risks of violence for refugee and migrant girls and women, according to a new report. Due to multiple intersecting dimensions of identity, including gender, migrant…
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Click here for more.How Storytelling Can Aid Reproductive Justice
The Conscious InvestorI have always believed in the power of storytelling. From adolescence, I was writing short stories, forcing my brothers and my cousins to act out skits I devised, gabbing away in…
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Click here for more.After the Mental Health Act 846 passed in 2012, Ghana Health Service (GHS) shifted its mental health programming from facility-based to a more integrated community-based approach. GHS set up new structures, with…
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The Future of the Rental Housing Crisis
Urban Institute Mar 13, 2022The COVID-19 pandemic has laid the foundation for a future rental crisis. Landlords are tightening their screening criteria, which means renters who have been evicted for any reason will have…
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Click here for more.Student Mental Health Days Are Catching On
The 74 Mar 12, 2022States attempting to address worsening mental health problems among students have hit upon a novel remedy: allowing them to take time off from school. The idea, which started catching on…
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Click here for more.Implications for Youth Mental Health in the Wake of COVID-19
PhilanTopic Mar 12, 2022A study led by researchers at Boston Medical Center found that the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic saw increased depression, anxiety, and social risks among urban children of color between the ages of…
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