As Students Grapple with Leave of Absence Challenges, Manuals Aim to Offer a Better Way Forward

• By: Jacob Kamaras Ruderman Family Foundation
• January 4th, 2022
• college, depression, leave of absence, mental health, self-advocacy, students, wellness
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David Mink finished the spring semester of his freshman year at Macalester College in Minnesota with a 0.0 GPA, amid a process in which he would take a semester of classes, withdraw, and try again. “I just kept banging my head into the wall and felt like nothing was working,” Mink says....