Feature: Winter 2020
Thrive On Campus
A special section of Thrive Global 
devoted to the mental health crisis on college campuses

"Every culture uses its next generation as a sign of hope...
We want to hand off a better world to them and give them the tools to, hopefully, continue making the world a better place.

​That’s why so many parents sacrifice to send their kids to college
— to prepare them to take on the world,
find out who they are, and realize their talents.

But one of the more underreported stories about our next generation is that what we’re handing off to them is in fact a growing mental health crisis." 

The Data

  • According to a survey last year, two-thirds of student affairs administrators consider mental health to be their top priority.

  • In its most recent annual report, the Center for Collegiate Mental Health found that anxiety and depression were the top two reasons why students sought help at counseling centers. And between 2009 and 2015, the number of students asking for counseling went up by almost 30 percent.

  • According to the National College Health Assessment, 65.7 percent of students reported feeling overwhelmed in the last 30 days, 21.3 percent said they’d felt “so depressed that it was difficult to function,” and 13.4 percent had seriously contemplated suicide."

The Good News

This generation is coming forward to talk about the problem, seek out solutions, and begin to end the stigma around mental health.

The Articles

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RISE Student Artwork
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Medfield Learning Day
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Student Advisory
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Challenge Success

We are committed to educating
and developing the skills and competencies
​of the whole child, which includes the fostering of academic,
social/emotional, and physical wellness. ​

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SEL Task Force
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RISE Classroom
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One Love Foundation
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Project Purple

The Office of Social Emotional Learning

works to maintain and support
high academic achievement 
​by helping students  
* understand and manage emotions,
* set and achieve positive goals,
* feel and show empathy for others,
​* establish and maintain positive             relationships,
​* and make responsible decisions.  ​​​

Meet Dr. David Worthley, Director


​Dr. Worthley has spent his career working in the field of psychiatric crisis - whether on adolescent units, in maximum security prisons, or at several schools in Massachusetts. He is passionate about his work with the adolescent population, and understands well the importance and value of a solid educational foundation.