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How to Promote Student Mental Health within UK Universities
Chegg, Student Minds, Mental Health Foundation, and Big Change hosted a roundtable with UK students on how the UK higher education sector can effectively promote students’ mental wellbeing.
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Female Students In Higher Education: Navigating Challenges & Embracing Resilience
Leveraging insights from our 2022 Student Behavior and 2023 Global Student Surveys, we uncover the myriad challenges facing female students in higher education. These encompass financial constraints, academic challenges, institutional barriers, and mental health struggles. Despite these formidable obstacles, female students exhibit a remarkable drive and motivation to persevere in their studies and pursue their career aspirations.
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Coping on Campus: Global Insights into the Mental Health of University Students
Unveiling insights from the 2023 Chegg.org Global Student Survey, this white paper explores the views of students worldwide on a range of issues, including their use of GenAI, financial pressures, mental health challenges, skills gaps, and aspirations for the future. The primary goal is to comprehend how students navigate their education, facilitating improved support.
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Chegg.org Global Student Survey 2023
From mental health to finances and skills, the annual Global Student Survey aims to discover what students think about the challenges emerging today in higher education and beyond. This year, we thought it was imperative to also ask students about their views on Generative AI (or GenAI), in light of how rapidly this new technology is transforming higher education and the future of work.
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Contingent Faculty Hidden Assets: Still Underserved & Underpaid
Contingent faculty face myriad challenges, from low pay and lack of online teaching support, to feeling insecure about their futures. And yet, they remain staunchly committed to teaching and passing on their knowledge to students. ‘Hidden Assets: Still Underserved and Underpaid’ is our ground-breaking new report which deep dives into the challenges of US and Canadian contingent faculty, a labor force experiencing escalating casualization.
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A deep dive into the student experience in US, Canadian, and UK higher education
Student View
From financial struggles to classroom difficulties, college students worldwide are confronted with numerous challenges as they pursue their degrees. Our report offers valuable insight into the specific difficulties faced by students in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, shedding light on gaps in support and expressing dissatisfaction with classroom experiences.
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Exploring the True Cost of a University Education
A view from US college students
Higher education in the US is becoming ever more financially fraught – both for students and for the colleges they study at. Declining enrollments have hit college finances hard, while for students, the financial outlay needed for college has risen steeply in recent years.
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Exploring the True Cost of a University Education
A view from Canadian Students
Read our Canada Student Behavior Study to understand the various financial stressors that students are experiencing since returning to campus, as well as how higher education institutions, administrators and policymakers can better support them.
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Exploring the True Cost of a University Education
A view from UK Students
The cost-of-living crisis has made it increasingly difficult for students to meet the basic conditions of studying and living. Read our UK Student Behavior Study to understand the various financial stressors that students are experiencing since returning to campus, as well as how universities, administrators and policymakers can better support them.
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Online Learning and External Resources
A view from US college students
Students now have access to a variety of online learning tools and other resources outside the classroom, such as their institution’s tutoring centre or study groups with friends. But what motivates them to use these resources and how many students are using them? Our US Student Behavior Study examines answers to all these questions and more.
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Factors Impacting Mental Health
A view from US college students
Students today are under pressure as never before – from heavy workloads and spiraling student debt to increased living costs. Read our US Student Behavior Study to understand the impact on their mental health, the resources they need, and what colleges can do to help.
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Factors Impacting Mental Health
A view from Canadian college students
For many Canadian students, the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant mental health impact. As restrictions recede, our Student Behavior Study looks at how students are coping with the pressures on them, what resources they need, and how to post-secondary institutions can help.
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What is the state of UK student mental health?
Read our new UK student behavior report, produced in partnership with Hanover Research, with input from Universities UK, to learn more about how UK university students are struggling with classroom anxiety, making friends, and cost of living in the post-lockdown era.
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Parents on Campus
Challenges for students and faculty
Navigating life and study around the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging for everyone in education, but even moreso for parenting students or faculty members. They’ve had to navigate an ever-changing school and work environment while also balancing the need to be present for their children. This study examines how campus parents experience the different pressures associated with parenting in education – as well as outlining how universities can prioritize and plan for a healthier environment on campus.
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Underserved and Underpaid
The Current State of Contingent Faculty in Higher Education.
Contingent faculty members are an integral part of the U.S. higher education system, yet most are underserved by the institutions that rely on them. Many live below the poverty line, lack health insurance and have limited opportunities for professional development. This report aims to illuminate the challenges faced by contingent faculty two years into the pandemic and provide insights to improve teaching experiences and student learning outcomes.
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Why Students Use Online Study Tools:
Findings from In-Depth Qualitative Research
Why do college students value online study tools to help them in their classes? Are they seeking fast answers or a long-term understanding? This whitepaper provides insights from in-depth interviews with 34 students majoring in STEM-B subjects at two-year and four-year universities.
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