News Clips
The National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) tracks trends and developments in issues related to school climate and conditions for learning through online media sites, blogs, syndication and aggregation services, and other news resources from local, regional, and national media outlets. Browse this ongoing collection of posts to learn about what’s happening in communities near you and across the nation.
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Displaying 125 News Clips.May 2023
05/31/2023
Inside Higher Ed
Penn State University at Altoona launched an interactive online tool for students to find the resources they need based on categories, unifying all available resources in a single location.
05/13/2023
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
About 200 undergraduate students benefit from FIRST Together. The student organization offers academic resources for first generation students, partners with the career center and student groups,… Read more »
05/11/2023
Inside Higher Ed
As the vice president for student success and engagement at Cedar Crest College, Calley Stevens Taylor is establishing a union between academic and student affairs and unifying the student experience.
April 2023
04/10/2023
Inside Higher Ed
April Belback, director of student success at the University of Pittsburgh, shares about her work launching the institution’s Student Success Hub and the importance of belonging in the student… Read more »
04/09/2023
Citizens’ Voice
Leslie Napolitano juggles motherhood, a job and classes at Luzerne County Community College. An in-school food pantry ensures she always has enough food to feed herself and her family. "The… Read more »
March 2023
03/24/2023
Philadelphia Inquirer
Board leaders in a message to the Temple community Thursday evening said the board had formed a special committee on March 13, with the support of president Jason Wingard, to apply “more rigorous… Read more »
03/06/2023
PittWire
Pitt’s University Counseling Center partnered with Togetherall to provide students with free peer support for mental… Read more »
February 2023
02/16/2023
Penn State
Penn State is working closely with State College Borough to ramp-up safety measures with the hope of reducing excessive drinking and other negative impacts associated with State Patty’s Day, a… Read more »
January 2023
01/25/2023
PittNews
While alcohol consumption is fairly regular on college campuses, some students will remain sober this month to partake in Dry January, an initiative that invites participants to abstain from… Read more »
01/24/2023
Penn State
2022 Mental Health Annual Report released by Penn State’s Center for Collegiate Mental Health.
01/19/2023
Philadelphia Inquirer
The number of aggravated assaults, robberies with a firearm, and thefts have increased near its main campus, and at a higher rate than the city as a whole, according to an analysis of police data… Read more »
01/11/2023
INSIGHT Into Diversity
Universities can help eliminate the gap between students eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and the number currently receiving them, says a new report from The… Read more »
01/03/2023
Campus Security
Widener’s safety officers are the school’s most visible ambassadors, showing up for students in uncommon and meaningful ways.
December 2022
12/12/2022
Temple Now
After convening last March, the task force’s work led it to eight key recommendations, which will be used to help inform both immediate and long-term solutions to help combat gun violence in the… Read more »
12/06/2022
Erie Times-News
Colleges and universities across the country are reporting an increase in the number of students who use on-campus food pantries. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, about 30% of college students… Read more »
November 2022
11/28/2022
PublicSource
More than 90 percent of sexual assaults on college campuses are committed by about 5 percent of the male student population, suggesting that the majority of men could wield great influence in… Read more »
11/18/2022
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Violence Reduction Task Force, formed after a Temple student was killed last year, said the university should launch a dashboard that shows crime trends. Development of an advisory board,… Read more »
October 2022
10/26/2022
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
With her two children getting older and more independent, Jessica Wheeler enrolled at Community College of Allegheny County to start earning the college credits she needs to start a new career as… Read more »
10/18/2022
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A story about the ugly history of fraternity hazing at Penn State and how it factored into the excruciating death of a pledge, Tim Piazza, in 2017 has now been picked up by Hulu for a limited… Read more »
10/17/2022
Chalkbeat Philadelphia
The new center, which opened in August at 46th and Market Streets, has dramatically increased opportunities for students to pursue careers in transportation technology, advanced manufacturing and… Read more »