Cultivating Academic Belonging to Promote Student Mental Health and Well-Being
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 session is appropriate for faculty, graduate student instructors, and academic leaders. The session can be offered in either 90 or 120 minutes, in a virtual synchronous format or in-person synchronous format. It will be available throughout the academic year.
**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.
In this session, participants will:
- Reflect on a range of structural and interpersonal issues that exacerbate mental health challenges for students.
- Begin to consider how cultivating academic belonging in your classroom might proactively promote student mental health and well-being.
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