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New Ways to Support Community College Student Health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A widespread health crisis is undermining American community colleges, with many current and potential students exhibit high rates of anxiety, depression, substance abuse, suicidal ideation, food insecurity, and more. The first is a project that promises to bring more sustainable revenue for community college health programs.

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Many New Jersey Colleges Eligible to Apply for Mental Health Services Funding from State

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Several New Jersey public colleges and research universities can apply for mental health services funding from the state, NorthJersey.com reported. The funds will come from the $15 million allocated for mental health services by the state. Phil Murphy This comes amid rising suicide and depression among students.

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How Community Colleges Fuel Students' Dreams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Frederick Shegog, former Delaware County Community College student, now motivational speaker. At the closing plenary of the 2023 Dream Conference in Chicago, Achieving the Dream (ATD), a reform network of over 300 community colleges, handed the microphone to students who either currently attend or graduated from a community college.

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State legislation and college partnerships aim to bridge the nation’s nursing shortage

University Business

Students are beginning to voice their frustration with the “faceless bureaucracies” of community colleges as they navigate their supposed potential for a viable career prospect. Tallahassee Community College (Fla.): In January, Gov. Accelerated Nursing Programs Kirtland Community College (Mich.):

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Colleges start new programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

in health care. Raritan Valley Community College is starting a certificate program in social media. University of Michigan at Flint is starting a master of science in health services administration. Clarkson University is starting a B.S. Gonzaga University is starting a doctoral program in school psychology.

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Colleges Increasingly Prioritize Mental Health, Survey Shows

Confessions of a Community College Dean

But the majority of respondents also said that their institution was increasing efforts to address mental health; 77 percent reported that their campus had boosted its financial commitment to mental health services in the past year, and 71 percent said that more mental health resources became available to students over the past year.

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Professor polls students for mental health check-in

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Addressing students’ mental health remains a top concern for higher education professionals. “I just looked at my job as trying to normalize [mental health discussions] for them, to try to get them used to somebody actually saying, ‘How are you today? Tell us about it. Is this diversity newsletter?: