{"id":854262,"date":"2026-08-13T22:24:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T22:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/854262\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T22:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T22:24:23","slug":"a-university-is-combating-its-mental-health-crisis-by-dropping-first-semester-grades-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/854262\/","title":{"rendered":"A university is combating its mental health crisis by dropping first-semester grades &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxOaHhjazJPWllmc29aRHByRElzTndXaFh5c2FtQk9XZHdsZkhYa1RvOHFwZmpQNkFMbU5MclZSTHNfcVlPTGNlbTh1bkFpWTN6MDVqY3kwZVFxUmVxa1hwR3NXT0lPVlpidnZoM1F2QjRjbzN6S0JSZTdOUzh2dHItMFdyRUdYLWhkZmpraHJkODMwTkxxWExFaVFIWGQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A university is combating its mental health crisis by dropping first-semester grades<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAFBVV95cUxQbTZiUXJBaUd3REhGUXJRaUp6Q2RYVWtCRHpia1JUdVY5RWRzd2RjQmc4N21LTUpmM1NvUG5xRDNaX0dOaGIxUFBvOGtSSXVaekdqa2JUVWkybFdwNkZhNHQ0dFRFU285Z1JhQVdZeElfcnBmdGV4N0tkQUx2bElHbA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Opinion | Mediocrity in Michigan<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WSJ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizAFBVV95cUxNVGxfN1U0RFhDUFkxb19jQUxmekhMQlR4enhtd0VtcW5HY1A4eXR0Ri1JMFBDNFFZQUVKTE1ydTBNaWVuTE5hWHV3YlNQSWRiTHktcTBLbEViQkUxLVZWRjVxdG9lMjVESVpXZVVfajB1d2VLSGw2eEdjOWtIUWVWWUNBN25DNXlOQmhnRzJxNXZhSVk2Z1pFdnhsX3RPcVZaa3Fqb3pXbmJZVWVTbkZzcGZQVnh5M05UWFdTTGsxOEhfQVBmWHNuenp1b20?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">University of Michigan to launch \u2018grade covering\u2019 pilot program for LSA freshmen<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ClickOnDetroit | WDIV Local 4<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxPYzBFQ3NrQmN6NzRVZXNFa3BUaTlKYUVyekk3WkFrT3dZUnNrOWRrYmJ5bWpfQkEwdHVoemVCbGt2RWNSY2hmamdQc0lWeXFOQW81bmtTc2FJX0d1R3dFN2tpX1hIWDVtOFVjS0lfMzZoOHVXMTh4TENMTHo1ZWczOUFXRzdKS1ozZVJpdzhibGhtZ1JpOXhtNXNRTHllZWpvVjhoUzJR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">University of Michigan plans to mask grades for new students<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxPeHpNcFJva2tvSW9tY210QVdpSWNSd3lvMVk4ckxELTlNcmJFTkdXajdoTFdHdFFqdHZoU3FsMmU5emJtODMwVXkteTYwWm5jelkzaWktb3RtZ0dhM1pxa2hEYVlBS3hfY0l3VmpBcGd5VDFJeDNNaXV0THhFN19STzFISm00UFBTTlZ3b09MNTVPSkRuWVhFSVhoWExWa3RkYU11Umtn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">University of Michigan won&#8217;t use letter grades for some freshmen next fall<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A university is combating its mental health crisis by dropping first-semester grades&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentOpinion | Mediocrity in Michigan&nbsp;&nbsp;WSJUniversity of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":854263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[64,63,137,514,515],"class_list":["post-854262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/854263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}