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Supporting LGBTQ+ Students as they Work to Achieve Professional and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With research showing that students who find their school to be LGBTQ-affirming report lower rates of attempting suicide, it’s critical that students know their college or university is not only accepting of them but actively supportive. Double Down on Mental Health Services. Dick Senese Here’s how. Demonstrate Commitment.

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For the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As researchers, practitioners, and healthcare workers reflect on the events of the last two and a half years, programs related to public health have become a priority at many colleges and universities. Examples of possible careers in the field include nursing home administrators and health quality managers, according to Ongeri.

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Why chronic absenteeism is so high—and how district leaders can start fixing it

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. --> 0 % of district leaders agree that parent belief in the importance of daily attendance is lower now than in previous years --> As a result, parents and guardians are more likely to rationalize their students’ absences for any number of growing mental health, physical health, and safety concerns.

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Depression on College Campuses conference: Insights and actions (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

As a clinical psychologist, research scientist and educator specializing in self-criticism and self-compassion, as well as an adjunct faculty member at Seattle University and at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, I recently attended the Depression on College Campuses conference for the first time.

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California universities launch abortion services

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Bartow said that those funds were used for everything from new security to ensure student safety to better signage to help students more easily locate their campus’s health center. In the report, some campuses reference purchasing new security cameras.

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