How to Use Campus-Specific Data to Impact Well-Being

Mental health in higher education continues to be a priority among students, staff, faculty and administration. Most are in agreement that the conversation must shift away from individual mental health and wellness and towards a more holistic well-being approach that includes effective policies, programs and services. Through informal surveys and online conversations, it’s clear that student health and counseling centers still often perceive themselves as being responsible for student well-being and that a conversation about how to engage and break down silos with other campus entities on well-being work is needed. Collecting campus-level well-being data is one way to help advance that conversation.

ACHA has three data collection tools that will be discussed during this session, the new Well-Being Assessment, the Healthy Campus Inventory and parts of the National College Health Assessment. After this session, attendees will be able to better understand what data is collected in each instrument and how this data may be used in advancing campus conversations on well-being.