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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Double Down on Mental Health Services. With the challenges LGBTQ+ individuals face, institutions must make sure that LGBTQ+ students not only have easy access to mental health services but that they feel safe and supported when seeking them out. Equally important is to set a tone that it's okay to need support.

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”We cannot out-hire this need”: College counselors are at their limit

University Business

A whopping 72% of faculty believe the trajectory of mental health on campus has decreased over the past year, even though 77% reported their school has increased financial commitment to its mental health services and 87% believed their school president or provost has prioritized campus mental health.

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Benefits of Integrating Service-Learning With Other High-Impact Practices

The Scholarly Teacher

What happens when students design their own service-learning projects involving collaborative and research-based work? This article describes two examples of public health service-learning combined with other HIPs that have resulted in high student engagement and success. High-impact practices. Author. , [link] Cassell, A.

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We are Not an ‘Issue’: We are Your Students of Color!!

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

teachers, school board members, superintendents, principals) and policy makers to see, appreciate, and honor the cultural capital that students of color bring to education, counseling, and mental health services. Counseling & mental health. b. Special education over-referrals and overrepresentation.

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Which mental health strategies should be embraced—or avoided? Check the data

University Business

Colleges need to leverage data-driven mental health services to cut through the noise and effectively treat their students, wages a new report by the American Council on Education (ACE). ACE utilized a comprehensive review of campus interventions strategies from various academic fields and journals to make its recommendations.

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Asian American Mental Health: Heritage and Roots

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Several counseling services on campus already tend to be severely understaffed, resulting in limited availability, along with the existing staff not being culturally competent to support the Asian student population.

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How to Achieve HSI Status: Intentionality

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

GBC has an endowed scholarship fund from the Goizueta Foundation, and utilizing this fund, GBC began pursuing Hispanic students in the region. This includes working on retention strategies that emphasize information on financial aid and mental health services as well as continuing to build a sense of belonging.