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Benefits of Integrating Service-Learning With Other High-Impact Practices

The Scholarly Teacher

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, higher education enrollments and retention have declined overall, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels (Cassell, 2022). Further, students want to be challenged and be in the role of creator (Morales, 2022). How student enrollment changed in 2022. 2022, February 28).

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How UC Irvine helps student athletes' mental health

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: To reduce the negative social stigma around mental health services among its student athlete population, the University of California, Irvine, implemented two programs to improve self-care and support the athletic community. No In-Article Careers: 3

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How to Achieve HSI Status: Intentionality

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After years of developing student supports, three of the four institutions featured in this article recently received HSI designation and the fourth is moving toward designation. Dr. Justin Jernigan, dean of student success at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC), said the plan to pursue HSI status, announced in 2022, was intentional.

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Study analyzes why college students in counseling withdraw

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Factors ranging from financial stress to participation in extracurriculars can influence whether a student receiving services at their university’s counseling center will voluntarily withdraw from the institution, according to new research from Pennsylvania State University’s Center for Collegiate Mental Health.

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What the mental health crisis means for student success leaders

EAB

Mental health recovery has been slow. A spring 2022 College Pulse survey asked students when their mental health had been the strongest across the first two years of the pandemic. When was your overall mental health the best? College Pulse Survey, Spring 2022. December 20, 2022. December 19, 2022.

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Dining halls can contribute to eating disorders—and recovery

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” The university spent two years debating the decision, Brown said, with campus health officials, researchers, parents and students weighing in. Care for students with eating disorders has long been the domain of campus counseling and health services. Yes In-Article Careers: 3

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I couldn’t have ever imagined that there was ever a possibility of me publishing an article one day.” And in the past decade – up to fall 2022 – 97% of Latinx fellows (32 participants) earned their master’s degrees. “I feel like my professor/mentor serves as a guide,” Mejia says.