NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yale University has announced changes to its policies to support students' mental health, including allowing students the ability to take time off from school.
The Connecticut-based, Ivy League school said in an email to students Wednesday they are now permitted to take a medical leave of absence from school due to medical reasons rather than withdrawing.
Yale has been reviewing its withdrawal polices since September, Yale's president said in a statement last November. The nonprofit was founded last year after the suicide of freshman Rachael Shaw-Rosenbaum, who had contemplated the consequences of withdrawing from Yale in multiple online posts prior to her death.
The lawsuit also claims that some students may never seek needed aid, fearing they'll be subject to the university's withdrawal policies if their mental health disability is known. Students no longer need letters of reference, and the university has removed the requirement that students stay"constructively occupied" during their leave, according to Lewis's email. Students on personal withdrawal and medical leave also are no longer required to pass every course they take in the first two terms after their return.
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