College Students

We’ve seen a lot of protests this year, from masks to women’s rights and climate change. They’re a regular occurrence on college and university campuses, and they’re influencing our country more than you think. “In so many ways, student activists have changed what the student body looks like and what colleges are teaching,” said Kate Cude, senior research analyst...

Student activism has been around in the U.S. since the 1700s, when attendees of Harvard College arranged a walkout over the quality of the school’s butter. In the two and a half centuries since, protests on college campuses have addressed a range of more serious issues, from racial justice to sexual assault and more. NBCLX storyteller Jalyn Henderson — a...

Over the last two decades, ADHD diagnosis and prescriptions to treat them have been on the rise, especially among college-aged students, which has contributed to higher rates of prescription stimulant misuse on college campuses. NBC spoke to three psychologists who specialize in ADHD to learn more about what’s causing the rise in diagnosis and why college students are misusing the...

Design documents for a proposed $200 million dormitory at UC Santa Barbara show that over 94% of its occupants would be in rooms without windows. “Natural light is essential to a healthy circadian rhythm, it is directly connected to wellness and a sense of wellbeing…being able to see the outdoors,” architect and MIT professor John Fernandez says. “…This is an...

College education during incarceration helps people become less likely to re-offend upon leaving prison, and gives access to better job opportunities. By 2023, formerly incarcerated people will be able to access Pell Grants toward their education. Margaret Dizerega of the Vera Institute of Justice explains.

BillyChat, a chatbot run from Cal Poly Pomona, can respond to students’ text-messaged questions about exams, costs, financial aid and more.

New Hampshire is now the only state in New England refusing to vaccinate out-of-state college students. Now, there is a push to get Governor Chris Sununu to change his approach.

About half of college students screened in a recent Boston University study were found to have depression or anxiety. It’s a sign of the toll the pandemic is taking on millions cut off from human connections and, for many, their goals and aspirations. NBCLX storyteller Cody Broadway looks from college campuses to social platforms like TikTok at the impact social...

One year ago, universities urgently evacuated their campuses, upending the lives of college students across the country. A new study shows how that sudden move impacted their mental health. Students who were forced to relocate during the spring were more likely to report COVID-19-related grief, loneliness and generalized anxiety symptoms than students who did not, according to research from...

Research shows some college students are experiencing severe mental health issues when universities shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic a year ago.

A group of young Republicans who call themselves Gen Z GOP are aiming to reshape the party for their generation. These Washington, D.C., college students all identify as Republican. They don’t, however, feel like they’re at home in the GOP under President Trump. Here’s how they’re trying to change that.

American University students Meredith Reilly and Zachary Houdek drove from Washington D.C. to their home state of Texas to cast their ballots for the 2020 election. The two first-time voters joined LX News to talk about their journey to make sure their votes count.

Mariah Guzman, a graduate student at the University of Illinois, and Chancellor Robert Jones gave NBC Chicago an inside look at their high-tech efforts to keep students on the Urbana-Champaign campus safe from COVID-19, including twice a week saliva tests and contact tracing via Bluetooth. One week after opening its doors, the school had an outbreak anyway.

Local college students created a website called Give Essential to bridge two groups of people during the pandemic – essential workers who couldn’t get household items, like toilet paper or laundry detergent, with families who overstocked on those items.

As college students continue to head back to school for the fall semester, The Hotel at the University of Maryland and others are offering an extended-stay package for students which provides flexibility and stability of lodging during the pandemic that on-campus living may not.

On Monday, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced all undergraduate in-person classes will shift to remote learning after four student housing units reported coronavirus outbreaks. Noah Monroe is a current freshman at UNC who said his friends are scared of getting sick.

Princeton graduates Adam Bragg and Lane Russell created ‘The U Experience,’ a new program for college students who will miss out on the traditional college experience and allows them to come together on a single campus and provides them with an offline community experience.

LX News host Ashley Holt talked to a college student from Illinois, a high school student from Georgia and an eighth grader from Indiana about returning to school in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. colleges are asking returning students to promise to help contain the coronavirus.

Laith Mekouar was a freshman at James Madison University when the coronavirus pandemic closed his campus back in March. Mekouar discusses how his college experience will change in the fall and how he feels about returning to school with coronavirus cases rising.