Peer Tutoring as a Mental Health Strategy: Rethinking Support in Higher Education
Higher education is facing two crises that often feel separate but are deeply interconnected: academic performance and student mental health.
On one hand, incoming cohorts are arriving less academically prepared than ever before. Nearly 40% of students at four-year institutions take at least one remedial course, and faculty consistently report post-pandemic students are underprepared.
On the other, campuses are witnessing record levels of student loneliness, anxiety, and depression. Counseling centers are overwhelmed. Students themselves are more likely to search online or turn to AI tools than to seek human help.