Data from a range of sources indicates that high numbers of college students are experiencing mental health challenges. In this session, instructors will view a video case study telling the story of an U-M alumn that invites them to consider how a lack of academic belonging affects student mental health and well-being. Participants then explore how structural and interpersonal issues exacerbate mental health challenges for students, and discuss role-appropriate approaches faculty can take to cultivate academic belonging and proactively promote their students’ mental health and well-being.
The video case study in the session contains strong language, challenges related to mental and well-being, and references to racism and Indigenous genocide and erasure.