{"id":736542,"date":"2026-08-13T09:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T09:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/736542\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T09:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T09:48:16","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\/uk\/736542\/","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\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxONHpEWDdTV1B4VF96Vnk4VTl4ZHp6X21mbTAtNm12am9FQ3NrWkVsblRGaHpiQ09tTC1OVVB6b1lyVTQzNmhKcDhtN21zaXBaQXlBX1FXbnVDbGVwblZpeUxMM25iY1hiZmhmMWhTQWs1VkgyNUFEV1VEUXdVTU1BYXE2T1N3TTM1cTRfekdxSmdiQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">University of Michigan Will Ease Up on Grades for Student Mental Health<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxPMTZQRlQ2OHg1a1JLaEUwWDg2Y3Q1UDFqcnBWdTlDYWg3TFpkTW5BeDdWMlZlaHhHazFMWmNaenluODR4aDZpcUlHRFF6ZjBuWjcwQUV3MHQ5NFd1dVl5LXZmQWNHRmdHbWJyd25uUmdZdk1Xdnk5TVJJcmk2cmtOb1lTMA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Universities Experiment with Hidden Grades<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Daily Nous<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxPSFZhemE0WDlpeVBXLS11VUcwdzkxSHcxcmFhb0U1c1A1azYySEZqdmhKaklnZzFXMUNvSGZxN28wLWNHUmdrS09GOEFmYXNoNnBVVjFUMmdXeDFrV3NFeGFxVlAwQ2hXMlhqOXRabWM4T1JZYkpjM1hlWlNPdG9OSU9IUVlLTGd5bjlWckk2NEZhXzZR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">University of Michigan Drops First-Semester Grades to \u2018Curb Mental Health Crisis\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WSJ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxNRkdtcmI3YklXTTF3d1dEUzRWY3NQdU9DejFmOU00Y2RCc29nQUx0eHktbDVmemE0Ny1rR0p1NXBSVlcyVDJBZEFmbzhXWXQ2a1pFaWhZcExGeXNsZVB3WDZTRUg4Skc5Si1ySGJMZFFFTlRoLVlNbGRRQnduRWtFbWNLQTVVYUZrbHNOZjBpMnh6Uk1jYjFWMGxjeVQxem9pSDVQMDE2b1rSAa4BQVVfeXFMUFdLS191d1E4WVpOLTR3MDlWNzBXekhLZkRhYjFPT3VhX1d2UkVfMmhpbUFqRkpUYnp6cEltclE5TXc2WnRoOU0yclJrMjdqSi1oeEhQOFByaU5fUnMxWklKRGRBMWc1eC1kWW1EWDBqck5HT3pBaE00QlpNU2JNb1g3N2gyaUpLZUtxSzAtZ2Z1eGY1SUpnUmlac0pWTmRrbTdISDJqTTkwMFJMazhB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No grades, no GPA: University of Michigan\u2019s new experiment for freshmen<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ThePrint<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A university is combating its mental health crisis by dropping first-semester grades&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentUniversity of Michigan Will Ease Up&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[102,1906,6623,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-736542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}