College students today often face a variety of challenges: academic pressures, social and family stresses, financial/economic hardship stresses, a rapidly shifting technological environment, an increasingly polarized political environment, and more.
Together with The Harris Poll, the Steve Fund established the following objectives for the 2024 survey:
- Gauge students’ perceptions regarding campus climate
- Uncover challenges/barriers to students’ sense of identity, including feelings of otherness and imposter phenomenon
- Identify the primary stressors college students are currently facing during the school year
- Determine barriers to seeking mental health support
- Understand the resources currently available on campus and the extent to which they are being used by students
- Identify gaps in current resources relative to those most desired by college students
The survey findings offer insight and guidance to help the Steve Fund prioritize specific areas concerning the mental health and well-being of students throughout its initiatives, programs and services.
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About the poll
The Steve Fund, in collaboration with Lumina Foundation, commissioned The Harris Poll to conduct a survey analyzing the mental health and emotional well-being of students of color in higher education. The sample consisted of 2,050 U.S. residents aged 18-24 currently attending a 4-year college or university. The survey, conducted online by The Harris Poll on behalf of The Steve Fund, took place from February 29 to April 1, 2024.