As institutions face growing demand for mental health support, rising rates of loneliness and new questions about where students are turning for help, many campus leaders are being forced to rethink what student success actually requires. At the center of that shift is a fundamental question: What responsibility do colleges and universities have in ensuring student well-being?

Zoe Ragouzeos, vice president for student mental health and well-being at New York University, joined Inside Higher Ed student success reporter Joshua Bay on Voices of Student Success to explore where institutional responsibility begins and ends, how campuses can move beyond reactive approaches to mental health, and what it would take to build environments where students don’t just persist but truly thrive.

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