To meet demand, CU Boulder asking to double its student mental health fee

By Sarah Kuta, Boulder Daily Camera
Citing unexpected levels of demand for counseling and psychiatric care, the University of Colorado’s Boulder campus wants to double the student mental health fee that helps fund those services.
Students currently pay a mental health fee of $21.77 a semester. In return, they get six free counseling or psychiatric care visits at Wardenburg Health Services.CU began charging students this fee, which was proposed by student government leaders and approved by