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How schools are expanding student mental health support without hiring more counselors

EAB

The Eight Dimensions of Wellness, developed by Dr. Peggy Swarbrick at Rutgers University and embraced by the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, is a strengths-based model to promote mental health and wellbeing. By combining these concepts, we can align our programs and services to support wellbeing more effectively.

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DEI Blog – Being First-Generation: A Challenge & a Gift

College for Creative Study

I spent the better part of a year figuring out how to apply to colleges, and we toiled over how to accurately complete the FAFSA application to gain access to financial aid required to attend school in the first place. To get some community-building experience, I co-ran a student organization on campus as well.

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5 Proven Student Engagement Strategies for The Fall!

Campus Groups

Therefore, it is important to direct students to key resources within the platform, including the Student Organization Directory and Centralized Campus Calendar of events. Outside of a dedicated community platform, students should be directed to other resources used to learn about campus engagement opportunities.

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Biden administration to rescind part of Trump's free inquiry rule

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In particular, the department is proposing to eliminate the section that barred higher education institutions from denying faith-based student organizations any rights, benefits and privileges afforded to nonreligious student groups because of their “beliefs, practices, policies, speech, membership standards or leadership standards.

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Some students, Republicans decry change to religious freedom rule

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: House Republicans say that a Biden administration plan to rescind part of a Trump-era rule that required public colleges and universities to give faith-based student organizations the same resources as secular groups is “wholly unwarranted.”