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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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6 ways leaders are rethinking their student affairs organizational charts in 2023

EAB

6 ways leaders are rethinking their student affairs organizational charts in 2023. Between a pandemic, a national racial reckoning, and increasing challenges to the higher education business model, student affairs leaders have spent the past few years looking for ways to innovate and collaborate more effectively across the cabinet.

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Colleges Increasingly Prioritize Mental Health, Survey Shows

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Out of the 131 NASPA members who responded to the survey, 72 percent reported that the mental health of students, faculty and staff at their institution had worsened over the past year. “What makes the findings of this research stand out is the focus on strengths of our systems.

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3 ways cooperative purchasing agreements support student success

University Business

Most student affairs professionals would do just about anything to support students in the increasingly dynamic and resource-strapped landscape of higher education. The other schools agreed to go in together, which made it easy for public and private schools across the state to adopt the same terms and seamlessly add services.

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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Supporting Student Success

Postsecondary institutions are uniquely positioned to support a demographic of students who experience the greatest risk of first onset of mental illness as a result of the developmental trajectory of many common mental illnesses (within the 16-24 age window; Jones, 2013). Research Findings.

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What the mental health crisis means for student success leaders

EAB

We should anticipate that active treatment plans and unaddressed mental health concerns will become more common and potentially more severe across the next several incoming classes. Philanthropy can provide a huge boost when launching or expanding resource-intensive mental health services. What we can do about it.

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2 programs that facilitate positive mental health conversations among Black men

EAB

Suicide is the third leading cause of death for African American men of all ages, but they are among the least likely populations to seek mental health support. One program that uses peer conversations to foster a culture of well-being and (ideally) preempt the need for mental health services is YBMen. Event planning tools.