Despite the University’s decision to divest its endowment and dissociate from 90 companies, it has continued its research related relationship with BP. While researchers defend the University’s decision to maintain the relationship, others advocate for a full end to investments in fossil fuel companies.
If the University wants to make the Ivy League accessible to those with mental illnesses and put an end to the mental health problems plaguing students — problems which feel intimately and horribly linked with the several student suicides of the past few years — then it should provide an accessible, extensive, University-run enhanced care option for students with mental illnesses.