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“When you take a leave and return, it raises the stress level; it raises the stakes,” he said, explaining that he doesn’t see how he could return to Harvard and not fall into the same pattern again.
Lisa, who requested her real name not be used for this article, took a semester leave after a two-week admission to McLean Hospital in the spring of her sophomore year. Like Janie, Lisa was asked to consider a leave after telling her therapist about thoughts of hurting herself.
“I was kind of under the weather,” she said. “I think it was a liability issue…I understand that the University is not a hospital or a mental institution.”
In Lisa’s case, this policy would not have made a difference. Her doctor back at home did not accept insurance. “I was lucky to be able to afford that,” she said.
To students, leaves seem to focus on the imperative to remove an individual from Harvard rather than the qualities of their destinations. The College cannot guarantee that a student’s alternative environment will be more beneficial to them than campus. While students are not required to return home...