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Candace Winstead
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Immunologist, college professor... invested in harm reduction & academic/community engagement via service learning.
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Cal State University currently lacks the counseling resources to support existing mental health concerns among its students—so it is particularly unwise for the university to contract with a corporation whose product is allegedly associated with serious mental health harms.
Infographic: Years of disinvestment by the CSU created a crisis for our students. Across the CSU, there are 1900 students per full-time equivalent counselor. The CSU serves an incredibly diverse student body composed of many students of color and first-generation college students. In fact, CSU campuses grant more than half of all undergraduate degrees earned by California's Latino, African-American, and Native-American students. It is a bitter irony that the university system which educates the most Black and Brown students greatly underfunds student mental health support.
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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In February, the CSU chancellor announced a new “AI-empowered university” initiative making Cal State the largest university to contract with OpenAI—spending $17M for system-wide of a product called “ChatGPT Edu.”

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
ChatGPT Poses Risk to Student Mental Health (Opinion)
Recent lawsuits suggest ChatGPT poses an unacceptable risk to our students’ mental health.
www.insidehighered.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM