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Tim Longman

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A colleague who has been teaching for 40 years approached me last week to ask what to do about the explosion of students claiming mental health crises. “I try to be sympathetic,” he said, “but it’s gotten out of hand.” I had no good answers on how to respond.

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A thing I miss about Smith (which may be true of most SLACs) was that there were staff—deans, even—whose job it was to help students navigate crises, and who communicated to faculty with clear options for how to proceed (without imposing). That reduced administrative burden for faculty and students.

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