Stress, Personality, & College Students: What New Study Finds and Where to Go From Here?
Since the pandemic, college students’ struggle with mental health concerns has increased two-fold. According to a recent college mental health survey, nearly 75 percent of college students said COVID-19 had worsened their mental health. With this in mind, a new study claims that certain personality traits helped students deal with stress better than others during the pandemic. Though […]
Is Covid Aging Us? What Experts Reveal and How Exercise Combats the Pandemic’s Physical Toll
As Covid-19 waxes and wanes, we might feel we’re aging faster than ever. The truth is – we are. Accelerated aging can result from many factors, including dealing with a global pandemic. Issues such as infectious disease exposure, chronic stress, and loneliness can speed up aging. But there is something that can be done to […]
Covid & College Majors: Why Career Choices are Shifting & How to Prepare for the Post-Pandemic Job Market
According to the World Economic Forum, a 2021 Collegiate Employment Research Institute annual Recruiting Trends survey revealed that the top five growing job markets are in health services, education services, agriculture, transportation, and construction. But how has Covid affected this growth? Why are some college students leaving specific fields to join others? And how has the pandemic shifted […]
The Price of Physical Inactivity During COVID-19 – What A New Study Finds
During the pandemic, the U.S. has been rolling out massive campaigns to reduce the transmission of COVID-19. Americans have seen countless public service announcements about wearing masks and staying socially distanced. Now that vaccines are available, there is a galvanization of research institutions, advertising agencies, and even former Presidents creating campaigns with the hope of […]
Virtual Learning & SEL: Impacts on Children and Teens
According to the Center on Reinventing Public Education, about twenty-five percent of U.S. school districts have started the year fully remote. If not wholly virtual, many schools are doing some form of hybrid or staggered in-school learning. However, with this shift to online instruction, social and emotional learning (SEL) practices have been disrupted. Some children and […]