Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
In our 2016 co-authored op-ed, “ Viewing Black Male Students as Princes, Not Problems,” we advocate for an approach that emphasizes the potential of Black males rather than focusing on perceived deficiencies. These experiences often lead to feelings of isolation and directly impact their confidence, mental health, and academic success.
Active Minds
APRIL 21, 2023
I knew from an early age that my mom’s mental health, even though I may not have known the term “mental health” at the time, was being affected by her work in conflict areas, so I didn’t want to express to her the social, emotional, and academic struggles I was going through.
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Active Minds
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Send Silence Packing® encourages attendees to seek support for themselves, friends, or loved ones, with trained professionals available on-site and thousands of mental health resources distributed to community members at each stop. What sparked your passion for mental health and suicide prevention?
Active Minds
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Research shows that peer-to-peer outreach is the best way to reduce the stigma that surrounds mental health and to encourage people to seek help if they need it. Jade’s bold, authentic, and unapologetic approach to addressing mental health is admired and respected by many.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 17, 2024
I kind of defied them a little bit and said, ‘I want to help with peoples’ mental health and talk a little bit about how maybe bullying or trauma or domestic abuse can also impact their actual health, in addition to their physical health,’” says Mendoza, a first-generation Filipino immigrant who came to the U.S.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
It was most pronounced from 2016 to 2020, where we dropped about 25% of our enrollment. The other important change Towner made to address retention was the use of American Rescue Plan funding to support students’ mental health. It was a dangerous decay, and Covid pushed it hard nose downward.”
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 10, 2023
Even though UAGM - Gurabo enrollment dropped from 17,167 in 2016 to 13,553 in 2020, Méndez Méndez and other leaders made conscious decisions that would keep the cost of tuition level. UAGM - Gurabo’s retention rate between 2016 and 2020 remained at or above 75%. At the Gurabo campus, 82% of its 10,896 undergraduates are Pell eligible.
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