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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Aside from writing about the plight of Black men in higher education, in our scholarship, we have employed an anti-deficit approach to highlight critical factors that help to facilitate the access, retention, and persistence of Black men in college. We know that when the nation focuses on addressing systemic issues Black males can succeed.

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Cultural Competence: A Critical Skill for Today’s Police Officers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Recruits develop cognitive skills that facilitate trust, legitimacy, and policing practices. However, according to Getty (2014), new police officers also require real-world experience to reinforce academy education and training. Surprisingly, understanding behavioral health needs and communication was identified, but sparsely.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

All Latino students from the Fall 2014 cohort graduated with a B.A. One of Breakthrough Central Texas’s goals is to prove the significance of state and federal investments in resources – for matters such as college advising, mental health services, emergency assistance, immigration aid, and other student needs, Griffith says. “If

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A Call to Action: Higher Education Must Implement Culturally Responsive Mental Health Practices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

News survey revealed that 70% of 3,649 students struggled with mental health since starting college. Mental health is synonymous with psychological wellness, a multidimensional construct involving satisfaction and balance among mind, body, and spirit (Myers & Sweeney, 2005). A recent U.S. Dance (e.g.,