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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

While it is the foundation of much of my research, the data are self-reported by colleges and occasionally include errors or implausible values. This led me to work with my sharp graduate research assistant Faith Barrett to dive into IPEDS program completions data. More on the other project sometime soon.)

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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.

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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Supporting Student Success

Additionally, poor mental health and toxic stress have a detrimental impact on learning and academic performance. My research seeks to understand disparities in mental health outcomes among students with marginalized sociodemographic identities in Canada, and the relationship between mental health and learning with marginalized communities.

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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.