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Creating Safe Spaces for Black Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She says the goal of her research is to help Black students to “freedom dream,” a term inspired by Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination , a 2002 book by Dr. Robin D.G. They wanted mental health professionals and counselors that were Black and understood what it meant to be Black. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S.

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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Supporting Student Success

Postsecondary educators have been increasingly focused on supporting positive student mental health over the past decades. Additionally, poor mental health and toxic stress have a detrimental impact on learning and academic performance. Stress, Mental Health and Learning. times that of their peers.