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20 Innovative Mental Health Awareness Month Activities for Students

Experiential Learning Depot

Although mental health awareness can be addressed any month of the year, this is as good a time as any for students to not only learn about mental health but also to play an active role in raising awareness and reducing the stigma. Get Started with PBL! Innovative Mental Health Awareness Month Activities for Students 1. ​ 10.

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How Gross Inequalities in Institutional Wealth Distort the Higher Education Ecosystem and Shortchange the Vast Majority of Middle- and Lower-Income Undergraduates

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Ask yourself: Would the $20 million gift that Bloomberg Philanthropies gave to Princeton in 2021 to support the university’s first-generation and low-income students have a greater impact at Tougaloo College, an HBCU with a $10 million endowment? Kimball and Sarah M. The top 3 percent holds 80 percent.

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Are you meeting students’ basic needs?

EAB

Blogs Are you meeting students’ basic needs? Housing Support: Collaborate with local housing authorities , nonprofits, and private organizations to offer emergency housing assistance to homeless or housing-insecure students.

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The State of EdTech: OPMs, Risk Planning, and Generative AI: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 189 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Phill Hill

The Change Leader, Inc.

Dr. Drumm McNaughton discusses contemporary EdTech trends and predictions with Phil Hill, publisher of Phil on EdTech Blog and partner at MindWires LLC. For example, an institution known for forensic science might develop an online MBA program with a specialization in that area, leveraging its unique history and specialization.

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The Forces That Are Shaping the Future of Higher Education

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma The past’s meaning only becomes clear in hindsight. It’s these long-term developments, processes and trends, which take place under the surface, that even the most powerful politicians or institutions must respond to. million in federal relief funding. percent year over year. Not really.

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College 2023

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In addition to the standard measures of quality—for example, the share of faculty with a terminal degree or library resources—how about the proportion of students who take part in a high-impact practices, the share of faculty who are undergoing professional development in teaching and postgraduation employment and earnings outcomes?

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The Power of Relationships in Undergraduate Education

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma A Gallup and Purdue poll of 30,000 college grads from 2014 found that students who had a rich, robust relationship with a faculty member were twice as likely as peer graduates to report high levels of well-being. Recognize and reward faculty and staff who do an exceptional job of mentoring and supporting undergraduates.