How Baylor Revamped Its Mental-Health Services Amid a Scandal

The decision by Baylor’s regents to increase funding for the counseling center allowed it to offer comprehensive eating-disorder services. But on a campus of 18,000 students, there are limits to what can be accomplished. The program serves 50 to 60 students a semester, but after that “we have to transition them out into the community,” McGinty Fort said. People with eating disorders, she said, typically require months if not years of treatment to reach a healthy emotional and physical place.