More Than Inconvenienced: The Unique Needs of U.S. College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic

U.S. college students are a distinct population facing major challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the pandemic, students were already experiencing substantial mental health concerns, putting both their health and academic success in jeopardy. College students now face increasing housing a...

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Published in:Health education & behavior Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 14 - 19
Main Authors: Lederer, Alyssa M., Hoban, Mary T., Lipson, Sarah K., Zhou, Sasha, Eisenberg, Daniel
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.02.2021
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:
Academic achievement
Academic Performance
Access to Computers
Adolescent
Adult
At Risk Students
Belonging
College Role
College Students
Colleges & universities
Communication
Connectedness
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Data Use
Decision Making
Distance Education
Education
Equal Education
Food security
Health problems
Health Status
Healthy food
Higher education
Housing
Housing - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Hunger
Income inequality
Inequality
Information Dissemination
Insecurity
Internet
Low income groups
Low Income Students
Mental Health
Mental health services
Minority Group Students
Minority groups
Minority Groups - psychology
Online Courses
Pandemics
Prioritizing
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2
School Closing
Socioeconomic Factors
Student Health Services - organization & administration
Student Needs
Student Personnel Services
Student Responsibility
Students
Students - psychology
Support services
Uncertainty
Universities - organization & administration
Well being
Young Adult
United States > US
college
COVID-19
health
students
mental health
university
ISSN:1090-1981, 1552-6127, 1552-6127
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Summary:U.S. college students are a distinct population facing major challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the pandemic, students were already experiencing substantial mental health concerns, putting both their health and academic success in jeopardy. College students now face increasing housing and food insecurity, financial hardships, a lack of social connectedness and sense of belonging, uncertainty about the future, and access issues that impede their academic performance and well-being. There is also reason to believe that COVID-19 is exacerbating inequalities for students of color and low-income students. We provide several recommendations for institutions of higher education to mitigate these obstacles, including engaging in data-driven decision making, delivering clear and informative messaging to students, prioritizing and expanding student support services, and using an equity framework to guide all processes.
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ISSN:1090-1981
1552-6127
1552-6127
DOI:10.1177/1090198120969372