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How Incarceration Impacts the Basic Needs of Loved Ones & Families

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These dynamics affect household incomes, mental health, academic success, and long-term aspirations. Their 2018 report, Because Shes Powerful , outlines the many ways women are harmed by a loved ones incarceration, from financial instability to increased state surveillance. And yet, we rarely talk about it. There are exceptions.

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More Students Are Having Mental Health Problems, But More Are Asking for Help

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John Dunkle, senior director of learning and knowledge at the JED Foundation (JED), a non-profit focusing on young adult mental health and suicide prevention. Heinze thought that some portion of the increases could be attributable to better measurement of mental health and a decrease in the stigmatization of mental health problems.

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Reimagining Black Male Success in Education: Moving from Marginalization to Empowerment

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Implementing culturally responsive curricula, mentorship programs, and high expectations are critical components in shifting how Black boys are treated in schools (Warren, 2018). These experiences often lead to feelings of isolation and directly impact their confidence, mental health, and academic success. 2016) Dr.

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

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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. internships).

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More College Involvement in Sports Betting Inevitable, Says IAF Panel

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Legalized betting on college sports took center stage on the second day of the Sports Business Journal Intercollegiate Athletic Forum (IAF) Thursday in Las Vegas, with panels focusing on the opportunities and threats for schools from gambling and its effect on the mental health of athletes. Over $25 billion has been bet legally at U.S.

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Persistence Rebounds to Pre-COVID Levels, But Not for Everyone

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of the students entering college in fall 2021 continued their studies in fall 2022, an increase of nearly one point from the previous year, and equaling the average rate for freshmen from 2016-2018. “It All underrepresented groups tracked in the report had persistence rates lower than in 2018. But for her, the message was clear.

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New Technology and Attitudes Emerge from the Pandemic

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Francis College in 2018, she was tasked with building out the college’s online education infrastructure and increasing the number of academic programs for non-traditional students and graduate students. “You In 2018, St. When Dr. Gale Gibson-Gayle was hired by St. Gibson-Gayle said with expanded online options, St.

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