The document discusses the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on college students and their mental health. It provides statistics from surveys showing that the vast majority of faculty believe student mental health has worsened since the start of the pandemic, and that they have had conversations with many students about mental health issues. It also shows high rates of basic needs insecurity like food insecurity and housing instability among college students during the pandemic.

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12. Slotnik, D. E. (2021, November 1). The official global virus death toll has passed five million. The full count is undoubtedly higher. The New York Times.

14. Hope Center, The. (2021). #RealCollege 2021: Basic needs insecurity during the ongoing pandemic. The Hope Center.
41%
had a close friend or family member
who was sick with COVID-19

15. Hope Center, The. (2021). #RealCollege 2021: Basic needs insecurity during the ongoing pandemic. The Hope Center.
7%
were sick with COVID-19, themselves

16. Hope Center, The. (2021). #RealCollege 2021: Basic needs insecurity during the ongoing pandemic. The Hope Center.
13%
lost a loved one to COVID-19

18. Hope Center, The. (2021). #RealCollege 2021: Basic needs insecurity during the ongoing pandemic. The Hope Center.
2x
greater likelihood Latinx students
were than white students to have
lost a loved one to COVID-19

19. Hope Center, The. (2021). #RealCollege 2021: Basic needs insecurity during the ongoing pandemic. The Hope Center.
#RealCollege

20. Hope Center, The. (2021). #RealCollege 2021: Basic needs insecurity during the ongoing pandemic. The Hope Center.
200,000
#RealCollege
202
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21. Hope Center, The. (2021). #RealCollege 2021: Basic needs insecurity during the ongoing pandemic. The Hope Center.
3
#RealCollege
5
in
NEARLY
experienced basic needs insecurity

22. Hope Center, The. (2021). #RealCollege 2021: Basic needs insecurity during the ongoing pandemic. The Hope Center.
39%
#RealCollege
FOOD INSECURITY AFFECTED
two-year institutions
29%
four-year institutions

23. Hope Center, The. (2021). #RealCollege 2021: Basic needs insecurity during the ongoing pandemic. The Hope Center.
48%
#RealCollege
AFFECTED
housing insecurity
14%
homelessness

25. The Role of Faculty in Student Mental Health. (2021). Mary Christie Institute

26. Somewhat worsened
44.4%
Significantly worsened
42.8%
About the same
10.9%
Somewhat improved
1.6%
How if at all has
student mental
health changed
since the
COVID-19
pandemic
began?
The Role of Faculty in Student Mental Health. (2021). Mary Christie Institute

28. How if at all has
student mental
health changed
since the
COVID-19
pandemic
began?
The Role of Faculty in Student Mental Health. (2021). Mary Christie Institute
88%
somewhat or substantially worsened

30. have had
phone, video,
email
conversations in
last 12 months
regarding
student mental
health or
wellness
The Role of Faculty in Student Mental Health. (2021). Mary Christie Institute
80%

32. Have had
phone, video,
email
conversations in
last 12 months
regarding
student mental
health or
wellness
The Role of Faculty in Student Mental Health. (2021). Mary Christie Institute
85%
female
84% 71%
transgender
non-binary, genderqueer, or
gender non-conforming
male

34. Believe their
institition is
"hostile" or
"somewhat
hostile" toward
students of
color
The Role of Faculty in Student Mental Health. (2021). Mary Christie Institute
25%
Hispanic
or Latinx
39% 24%
Black or
African American
Asian or
Asian American

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38. "Mommy, can I
pack my book in
my backpack
today, so I can read
after school?"
H on 11/03/21

39. IN ORDER TO LEARN
SOMETHING, WE MUST
FIRST WONDER ABOUT IT.
Joshua Eyler, How Humans Learn

41. IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE
WAY HUMAN BEINGS LEARN,
AND IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN
CURIOSITY
Joshua Eyler, How Humans Learn

45. WHEN YOU BURN
TO KNOW WHAT
COMES NEXT, YOU
ARE FEELING
Sarah Rose Cavanagh, The Spark of Learning
CURIOUS.

46. ...THE WICK IN THE
CANDLE OF LEARNING
William Arthur Ward

47. AS A BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE, OR EVEN
AS AN INTELLECTUAL CONSTRUCT,
CURIOSITY IS SO COMPLEX AND
NUANCED THAT THE ONLY THING
SCHOLARS CAN AGREE ON IS ITS
Joshua Eyler, How Humans Learn
IMPORTANCE

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62. BY SEEING MY REFLECTION IN
THIS YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN
LADY ON TELEVISION DOING
SCIENCE, IT GAVE ME PERMISSION
TO SAY 'MAYBE I SHOULD BE
DOING THIS THING CALLED
SCIENCE
Ainissa Ramirez on Teaching in Higher Ed Episode 66

63. POLL

64. CARE
ABOUT STUDENTS

71. EVERYBODY HAS THIS HIDDEN
DESIRE TO WANT TO DO
SOMETHING MEANINGFUL IN THE
WORLD
Karina Garbesi on Teaching in Higher Ed Episode 246

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