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Over the past 70 years a legend has evolved that the first college health program in the United States was established at Amherst College in 1861. Although the program at Amherst was innovative in its day and served as a model for the field of college health, several other institutions prior to 1860 appropriated funds, hired staff, and established on-campus programs to improve the health of their students. The military academies led the way, and the first of these early programs to become operational was located at the US Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1830.
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Hospitales Militares/historia , Hospitales Universitarios/historia , Medicina Militar/historia , Estudiantes/historia , Universidades/historia , Historia del Siglo XIX , Humanos , Maryland , New York , North Carolina , VirginiaRESUMEN
The current global recession has increased personal stress levels throughout our society. With dwindling resources, institutions of higher learning are especially prone to budgetary cutbacks during such periods. Based on 22 years of experience as a health service director, the author offers some personal insights in the hope that they will help colleagues cope with the current situation.
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Presupuestos/estadística & datos numéricos , Recesión Económica , Accesibilidad a los Servicios de Salud/estadística & datos numéricos , Servicios de Salud para Estudiantes/estadística & datos numéricos , Estudiantes/estadística & datos numéricos , Universidades/estadística & datos numéricos , Humanos , Estados UnidosRESUMEN
Academic policies that require medical excuses are based on mistrust of students and conflict with institutional honor codes. Such policies undermine the philosophical and educational foundations of higher education; namely, to model and nurture honesty, integrity, and citizenship in emerging adults. Instead, they encourage hypocrisy and exaggeration by requiring students to prove they are sick enough to produce temporary disability. More pragmatically, the "game" also consumes valuable clinician time. The authors describe their experiences with medical excuse policies at their respective institutions and offer suggestions for other colleges and universities.
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Absentismo , Estudiantes , Universidades/organización & administración , Humanos , ConfianzaRESUMEN
The introduction of the birth control pill in 1960 precipitated 2 decades of intense social change in the United States, particularly in the area of sexuality. Colleges and universities were not immune to these changes. The author examines the struggles at 1 land-grant university to find common ground on this issue among students, faculty, administrators, and trustees between 1970 and 1976.
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Anticoncepción/historia , Anticonceptivos Orales/historia , Conducta Sexual/historia , Cambio Social/historia , Servicios de Salud para Estudiantes/historia , Universidades/historia , Salud de la Mujer/historia , Femenino , Historia del Siglo XX , Humanos , VermontRESUMEN
Reporting lines for directors of student health centers (SHCs) at colleges and universities are a matter of continuing interest for those of us who must follow them. SHC directors at institutions with academic medical centers face a greater number of reporting choices that also have the potential of being more politically charged. The author describes his experience at 2 such institutions and offers some cautious advice.