Editing Yale University (section)

===Mental health===
Yale has faced significant criticism for its handling of [[Mental health in education|student mental health]] on campus.<ref name="Wan2022">{{cite news |last1=Wan |first1=William |title='What if Yale finds out?' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/11/11/yale-suicides-mental-health-withdrawals/ |access-date=June 21, 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=November 11, 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Wanfollowup">{{cite news |last1=Wan |first1=William |title=Yale defends mental health policies under fire from students, alumni |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/11/17/yale-mental-health-suicide-policies/ |access-date=June 21, 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=November 18, 2022}}</ref><ref name="delValle2022">{{cite news |last1=Valle |first1=Lauren del |title=Students sue Yale University, alleging discrimination against students with mental health disabilities |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/30/us/yale-university-mental-health-disabilities-lawsuit/index.html |access-date=June 21, 2023 |work=CNN |date=December 1, 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Giambrone2015">{{cite news |last1=Giambrone |first1=Andrew |title=When Mentally Ill Students Feel Alone |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/03/when-mentally-ill-students-feel-alone/386504/ |access-date=June 21, 2023 |work=The Atlantic |date=March 2, 2015 |language=en}}</ref> Suicidal and depressed students say that Yale forced them to medically withdraw rather than provide them with academic accommodations under the [[Americans with Disabilities Act]], and in 2018 the [[Ruderman Family Foundation]] ranked Yale as having the worst mental health policies in the Ivy League.<ref name="Bialek2021">{{cite news |last1=Bialek |first1=Julia |last2=Davidson |first2=Amelia |title=Students express grievances over Yale's medical withdrawal policies |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2021/03/29/students-express-grievances-over-yales-medical-withdrawal-policies/ |access-date=June 21, 2023 |work=Yale Daily News |date=March 29, 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Heyman2018">{{cite web |last1=Miriam |first1=Heyman |title=The Ruderman White Paper Reveals: Ivy League Schools Fail Students with Mental Illness |url=https://rudermanfoundation.org/white_papers/the-ruderman-white-paper-reveals-ivy-league-schools-fail-students-with-mental-illness/ |website=Ruderman Family Foundation |access-date=June 21, 2023}}</ref><ref name="delValle2022" />
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|text=Dear Yale, I loved being here. I only wish I could've had some time. I needed time to work things out and to wait for new medication to kick in, but I couldn't do it in school, and I couldn't bear the thought of having to leave for a full year, or of leaving and never being readmitted. Love, Luchang. 
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|source=posted on Facebook in 2015 shortly before her death<ref name="Wan2022" /><ref name="Giambrone2015" /><ref name="Siegel2015">{{cite news |last1=Siegel |first1=Rachel |last2=Wang |first2=Vivian |title=Student death raises questions on withdrawal policies |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2015/01/29/student-death-raises-questions-on-withrawal-policies/ |access-date=21 June 2023 |work=Yale Daily News |date=29 January 2015 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Seligson |first1=Susan |title="Model Minority" Pressures Take Mental Health Toll {{!}} BU Today |url=https://www.bu.edu/articles/2015/model-minority-pressures-take-mental-health-toll |website=Boston University |access-date=June 21, 2023 |language=en |date=February 9, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Miller2016">{{cite journal |last1=Miller |first1=Melissa Joy |title=Before it's too late: the need for a legally compliant and pragmatic alternative to mandatory withdrawal policies at postsecondary institutions |journal=Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice |date=June 2016 |volume=25 |issue=3}}</ref>
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Students at Yale say that the university's policies force them to hide their depression and avoid seeking help, for fear of being forced to leave.<ref name="Wan2022" /><ref name="Bialek2021"/><ref name="Giambrone2015" /> One prominent case was the suicide of Luchang Wang in 2015, who died by suicide after making a Facebook post saying that she needed time to deal with her mental health issues, but could not deal with being forced to medically withdraw for an entire year with an uncertain chance of being readmitted.<ref name="Siegel2015"/><ref name="Giambrone2015" /><ref name="Miller2016"/> Wang had previously withdrawn from school due to mental health issues, and was afraid of being forced to withdraw again, as a second readmission attempt would be considerably more difficult for her.<ref name="Siegel2015" /><ref name="Giambrone2015" /> A friend of Wang said that she routinely lied to her university therapist to avoid being kicked out,<ref name="Siegel2015" /> and another student said that many at Yale lie to their counselors as "there's no clear standard established that says exactly what students will get involuntarily hospitalized or withdrawn for".<ref name="Giambrone2015" /> In response, the university convened a commission to evaluate their readmission policies after a mental health withdrawal, renaming the process to "reinstatement", eliminating the {{USD|50|long=no}} reapplication fee, and giving students 5–6 more days to make their decision on a mental health withdrawal.<ref name="Wan2022" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Korn |first1=Melissa |last2=Chen |first2=Angela |title=Yale Alters Leave Policy Amid Protest Over a Student Suicide |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/yale-alters-leave-policy-amid-protest-over-a-student-suicide-1430261798 |access-date=4 April 2025 |work=Wall Street Journal |date=28 April 2015}}</ref>

For students that do seek help, waitlists for therapy can be months long, with individual counselling sessions only 30 minutes in length.<ref name="Wan2022" /> In 2022, after a Washington Post article about their medical withdrawal policies, the school increased the number of mental health clinicians on campus from 51 to 60 as well as promised further changes.<ref name="Wanfollowup" /> In 2023, after a lawsuit was filed against the school for what the plaintiffs described as discrimination, the university changed the name of a "medical withdrawal" to a "medical leave of absence" saying that the "leave of absence" terminology would allow students to remain on Yale's insurance while away from the school.<ref name="Cook2023">{{cite news |last1=Cook |first1=Sarah |title=Yale announces "momentous" changes to leave of absence policies amid ongoing mental health lawsuit |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2023/01/18/yale-announces-momentous-changes-to-leave-of-absence-policies-amid-ongoing-mental-health-lawsuit/ |access-date=June 21, 2023 |work=Yale Daily News |date=January 18, 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Hartocollis">{{cite news |last1=Hartocollis |first1=Anemona |last2=Barry |first2=Ellen |title=At Yale, a Surge of Activism Forced Changes in Mental Health Policies (Published 2023) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/health/yale-mental-health.html |access-date=4 April 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=6 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The new policy also allowed for students on a leave of absence to participate in extracurricular clubs and visit campus,<ref name="Cook2023" /><ref name="Hartocollis"/> something a student on medical withdrawal was banned from doing.<ref name="Wan2022" /> A representative of Yale also said that the criticism of their policies "misrepresents our efforts and unwavering commitment to supporting our students, whose well-being and success are our primary focus" and that "the mental health of our students is a very, very high priority".<ref name="Wanfollowup" />

After the death of undergraduate student Rachael Shaw Rosenbaum by suicide, an organization called Elis for Rachael was formed, advocating for mental health-related reforms. The group has sued Yale, demanding changes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-28 |title=Yale University settles lawsuit alleging it pressured students with mental health issues to withdraw |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/08/28/yale-university-lawsuit-students-mental-health |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref>