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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There are financial support programs, including emergency grants, technology loaner programs and device voucher support, which provide students with necessary in-time financial support. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S. The grant is a California Student Aid Commission program.”

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Community Colleges Increase Housing Options

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That led to the 2007 opening of Rancourt Hall, which added 152 beds. In the summer, certain EHS buildings have a Pell Grant rate for individuals who are Pell Grant eligible. The Dax Program provides referrals and service plans that include physical and mental health, legal services and other services participants may need.

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The political landscape that’s targeting LGBTQ people is taking a toll on young people’s mental health, especially right now with the Supreme Court decisions and DEI efforts being removed or educational institutions being pressured by their state governments,” says Jorge Valencia, executive director of the Point Foundation.

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From Humble Beginnings to Leading Higher Education Advocacy: My Journey

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Thanks to a fortuitous introduction by a partner in the firm’s Education Practice Group , I joined COE in 2007 as its director of congressional affairs. This morsel came in the form of a new client to the firm – the Council for Opportunity in Education. Blog Revised FAFSA Release Date Pushed Back – What You Need to Know!

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“Such a High Need”: Campus Health Leaders Respond to Demand for Psychiatry Services

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Leaders in Albion’s Office of Integrated Wellness recognized that the risks of an untreated mental health diagnosis are high and may include poor academic outcomes, dropping out or stopping out of college, or harm to oneself or others. Director for Mental Health/Counseling at Albion College.

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Black Youth Mental Health: Understanding and Being Culturally Responsive to Promote Homeplace and Black Joy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Katie Mitchell-Dodge is a Doctoral Student in Counselor Education & Supervision at the University of Arizona “When I think of Black youth mental health, my first thought is that we don’t talk about it enough….And This report challenged misperceptions regarding Black youth, mental health, and suicidality.