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Health Equity, Working to Identify Effective Policy Interventions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hung is assistant professor of health services policy and management in the University of South Carolina’s (USC) Arnold School of Public Health. Since 2009, she’s been engaged in research relating to health services and health equity, she said. “My

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Discovering Issues with IPEDS Completions Data

Robert Kelchen

To provide an example, the Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions master’s program at Rollins College did not report data for 2015 after reporting 25 graduates in 2013 and 24 graduates in 2014. We found consistent evidence from websites that programs continued to exist during their hiatus in IPEDS data.

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The interplay of occupational subcultures and HE curricula changes how and what student professionals learn

SRHE

My EdD viva in 2021 followed an ethnography over several years (starting in 2013) which explored university paramedic students’ enculturation (the process of being socialised in a certain culture), into a traditional National Health Service (NHS) Ambulance Service Trust. 2009) Key Concepts in Ethnography. O’Reilly, K.

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Counseling centers triage students by mental health needs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Eliminating Waits But some institutions that have implemented such triage systems have greatly improved the quality and reach of their mental health care. As requests for mental health services have skyrocketed on campuses, triage systems have become a popular tool for managing demand.

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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Supporting Student Success

2009; Kirmayer et al., Additionally, investing in culturally safe, relevant, and responsive mental health services meeting the unique needs of marginalized learners will be critical to address these challenges. Post-Secondary Student Mental Health: Guide to a Systemic Approach. 2020; Kirmayer et al., Vancouver, BC.

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Campus Resources and Tools for Mental Health Advocacy

Higher Ed Connects: Mental Health

There is an unprecedented demand for counseling services on campuses, with the number of college students visiting such centers increased by 30% between 2009 and 2015 — at a time when enrollment grew by less than 6%. As colleges try to meet the growing demand for mental health services, some students are slipping through the cracks.