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Overwhelmed college counseling services struggle to offer all students immediate access to care

By Shannon Binns / Columbia Daily Spectator

While CPS prioritizes urgent cases where students are thinking about harming themselves or others, for students with routine concerns, help may be weeks away. Despite continuous staffing increases to meet rising demand, wait-times lasting weeks have remained a barrier for students for years.

By Ben Dahan • October 20, 2021 at 1:40 PM

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