As students are receiving their final grades for the fall semester, a new report from the Ruderman Family Foundation evaluated the mental health leave of absence policies of all eight Ivy League universities, with none of them receiving a passing grade. “The Ruderman report underscores what many students already know: Cornell’s mental health leave of absence policy is inadequate,” Scott MacLeod told The Sun. MacLeod is the father of Sophie Hack MacLeod ’14, who died by suicide in March 2016 while on a mental health leave of absence from Cornell. In January, President Pollack denied a request to create an independent mental health task force proposed by The Sophie Fund. “It is our hope that the Ivy League schools will change their policies to reflect institutional commitment to supporting students with mental health disabilities.

Source: Daily Sun December 26, 2018 09:46 UTC