Hunter College of New York recently announced that its abandoning its 3-year-old policy as part of a legal settlement with a student. The student sued after she was kicked out of the dorm in 2004. She claimed her eviction violated anti-discrimination laws. The college also agreed to pay her $65,000.
A former student is also suing George Washington University for barring him from campus and threatening him with expulsion after checking himself in to a hospital for depression. The student said he never tried to kill himself, but had been thinking about it.
An attorney with the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law said she's afraid young young won't get the help they need if they know it may mean an eviction.
The Bazelon Center is also representing a student at a Connecticut boarding school who was placed on mandatory leave after seeking treatment for depression.
