"Students often come to school with multiple complex health, mental health and social service needs. . . ."

After his daughter's death, one California father is fighting to reduce the stigma of mental health and get students closer to resources. 

 In 2013, about 22 percent of students ages 12-18 reported being bullied at school during the school year, which is lower than the percentage reported in previous years. 

Georgia's public university system plans to implement a system-wide safety initiative to ensure student safety.

According to an updated policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics, school-based “suspicionless” drug testing does little to help identify kids who use drugs and get them into treatment programs.

All schools in the University of Alaska system will participate in a Title IX survey that aims to determine how safe students feel on campus.

 Vanderbilt University has earned many distinctions, including Princeton Review’s top ranking for colleges with the happiest students. The school’s latest endeavor is taking the plunge and going mobile with access control.  

The Los Angeles Unified school police will stop giving citations for fighting, petty theft and other minor offenses, moving instead to refer students to counseling or other programs. The step back from punitive law enforcement actions reflects growing research that handling minor offenses with police actions does not necessarily make campuses safer. Those actions do often push struggling students to drop out and get in more serious trouble with law enforcement.

Students living on Texan college campuses may be required to undergo a background check through the state before moving in.