College should offer students not only a strong academic awareness, but it should be friendly, helping and nurturing place for students. Concern of student’s personal and academic well-being should always be in a center of College’s mission. The student service program I would like to offer would be called “Arizona Hope and Help” or “AHH” and it would be focused on providing non-academic support for all at-risk students. The services, of course, would be provided free of charge to meet the unique and various needs of large group of “at-risk” students. In a highly competitive global economy, we need the best-educated workforce in the world. It is in the best interests of our country and our future to make sure that hundreds of thousands
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Students should be engaged in student and academic life, campus should create a right learning environment to support the communication and to connect students. Students don’t learn only in a classroom nowadays. General socialization is especially important for “at-risk” students. Engaging in shared experience gives a sense of support, community and belonging and can cost nothing. Social and academic interest clubs on campuses can help students to make friends and feel more at ease in a new environment (Tinto, …show more content…
75 percent of college students do not seek help for mental health problems (Kerr, 2012). Suicide is the third cause of death among college and university student in our country. Student who suffer from depression are five times more likely to commit suicide. According to Anxiety Online Journal so many students are struggling with all kinds of anxiety and depression: veterans with PTDS, Separation anxiety disorder for younger students, social phobias, panic attacks, anxiety and more. Sleep deprivation, lack of food or bad food quality, no exercising, overwhelming homework and family chores, financial difficulties, divorce, illnesses in the family, conflicts –all these things are enough for some students to leave college or even get suicidal thoughts. Depression is number one hidden reason why students leave college. The triggers are dozens of other minor
Students should be engaged in student and academic life, campus should create a right learning environment to support the communication and to connect students. Students don’t learn only in a classroom nowadays. General socialization is especially important for “at-risk” students. Engaging in shared experience gives a sense of support, community and belonging and can cost nothing. Social and academic interest clubs on campuses can help students to make friends and feel more at ease in a new environment (Tinto, …show more content…
75 percent of college students do not seek help for mental health problems (Kerr, 2012). Suicide is the third cause of death among college and university student in our country. Student who suffer from depression are five times more likely to commit suicide. According to Anxiety Online Journal so many students are struggling with all kinds of anxiety and depression: veterans with PTDS, Separation anxiety disorder for younger students, social phobias, panic attacks, anxiety and more. Sleep deprivation, lack of food or bad food quality, no exercising, overwhelming homework and family chores, financial difficulties, divorce, illnesses in the family, conflicts –all these things are enough for some students to leave college or even get suicidal thoughts. Depression is number one hidden reason why students leave college. The triggers are dozens of other minor