More college students using mental health services
Advertiser Staff
Anxiety on college campuses seems to be increasing, with more than three-quarters — 64 of 83 — of higher-education institutions surveyed by the Anxiety Disorders Association of America reporting an increase in student use of mental health services during the past three years.
The survey includes both large public universities and small liberal arts colleges.The institutions gave a variety of reasons for the rise, including more students who had a history of mental healthcare and increased anxiety as a result of the Sept. 11 attacks.
The Maryland-based association offers students these tips for handling anxiety and stress:
The report can be found at www.adaa.org.
Source: Gannett News Service
LEARNING TO SPEAK CHINESE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS FIND DEMAND RISING
American students have been learning to say hola and bonjour for years now, but lately more and more are learning to say ni hao.
Interest in learning Chinese has surged in the United States, as China has risen as a global and economic power. In 2000, there were about 5,000 students studying Mandarin Chinese in U.S. public schools, according to the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Now that number is between 30,000 and 50,000, leaving states and districts scrambling to find enough qualified teachers.
This spring, the College Board will debut an Advanced Placement test in Chinese.
The College Board expects 1,500 to 2,000 students to take the inaugural Chinese exam. Last year 21,572 students took the French AP test, and 101,473 took the Spanish exam.
The federal government has provided one of the biggest boosts for Chinese, handing out $22 million in grants to states and districts to improve Americans' proficiency in "critical languages" for national security, such as Chinese, Arabic, Farsi, Hindi, Japanese and Russian.
Source: www.Stateline.org
