Universities Reassess Mental Health Services in Wake of Maryland Shooting
McDaniel College has an early intervention team that works to ensure students get the support services they need, including mental health resources.
By MANDY DOMINELLI, KRYSTAL NANCOO-RUSSELL and YAGANA SHAH, Capital News Service Universities find themselves walking a difficult line as they strive to balance the rights of students with disabilities and campus safety, say experts in the wake of the recent shooting deaths of two students at the University of Maryland. “We don’t assume that because a student might have a mental health condition, they are going to be disruptive to others or dangerous to others. We respond to behavior,” said Jana Varwig, associate vice president for student affairs at Towson University. Universities face the challenge of somewhat limited involvement in student mental health issues. Unlike transcripts or immunization records, colleges and universities are …
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Kym Byrnes
9:09 am on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Thanks David, I'm not sure why that didn't jump out at me, it was a pretty obvious error. Thanks for the heads up, the headline punctuation has been fixed. more ›