Developmental psychologist Alexis Redding answers questions about college student mental health, generational gaps and what is really (or really isn’t) different between our lived experiences.
At the start of every academic year, many of us resolve to work differently or finally take better care of ourselves.
Many students are turning to AI for their mental health needs—a fact campuses ignore at their peril.
As a faculty member, how can you validate students’ feelings without affirming a self-diagnosis?
A spate of firings in the fall revealed just how corroded tenure protections have become. How did we get here?
Helping a colleague manage stress and work-life integration is an important skill for everyone to develop.
Yet another barrier to tenure and promotion, the report notes, are biases in teaching evaluations. “There are studies that show when faculty of color have student evaluations, the open-ended responses are attacking their race and ethnicity as opposed to talking about the content of the course,” said Michelle Martin, co-chair of the task force and… Read More
COVID-19 ushered in an era of painful cuts for most colleges and universities. Layoffs, furloughs and lost raises have become common for staff and faculty members at many institutions.
