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The COVID-19 pandemic affected higher education. Nodes for deeper study on the topic include:
- Higher Education Challenges during Pandemic: A Case Study
- The Balance of Roles: Graduate Student Perspectives during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Challenges and Opportunities for Higher Education amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Philippine Context
- Covid-19 and Medical Students
- Longtitudinal Study on the  effects of COVID-19 on first year college students' mental health
- Reimagining higher education during and post-COVID-19: Challenges and opportunities

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Higher Education

This paper discusses how the dissolution of university campuses as a result of COVID-19 has affected student support networks, and proposes a number of recommendations for university staff to consider in order to develop effective student support. 

The Covid-19 pandemic and the dissolution of the university campus: implications for student support practice


Incoming students to higher education institutions often have false expectations of university life. These false expectations make the transition difficult for incoming students, and may result in delays in academic achievement. Staff and instructors also have beliefs and expectations that don’t align with the beliefs and expectations of their students, resulting in some dissonance. 

Expectation Issues Students & Instructors Face When Transferring to Universities or Colleges, or Receiving Transferring Students

Walden & Cowen (2024) discuss the prospect of changing the narrative on mental health and mental health support services for university counseling centers. 

The authors recognize the systems change perspective, which involves interconnected support systems and institutional factors in addressing students mental health. For example, the theory would suggest that rather than counseling centers taking on the sole role of providing mental health services for college students, that these services be spread out across departments so that students have more than one avenue to access services. 

The authors advocate for integrating multiple support systems together, such as multiple campus departments collaborating to provide support to students. This shift in paradigm calls for a change in attitude surrounding college students mental health and university counseling centers provision of services. 

Walden & Cowen (2024): Systems change in university counseling centers  


University counseling centers are instrumental in providing services to students in the college population. These centers provide necessary services to support the health and well-being of college students. 

University Counseling Centers 

Also referred to as post-secondary and tertiary education, it is usually taught at universities, academies, conservatories, and institutes of technology. 
Trends in Literature:
- Digital and Technology Inequities 
- Increased Mental Health Resources from Higher Ed Institutions
- Changes in Examination Methods
- Undergraduate Student Perspectives
- Graduate Student Perspectives
- Decreased Enrollment

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

The levels of education indicate how rigorous a curriculum is. Students start at the lower levels and move up as they graduate from each level.
- Higher level
- Secondary level 
- Basic education

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