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An Inclusive Approach to Increasing Access to Student Mental Health Services

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At Montgomery County Community College (MCCC), we take a slightly different approach to supporting the mental health of our students, centering around facilitating access and removing barriers to care. A primary component of this approach involves integrating mental health support with other basic student wellness services.

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A Blueprint for College Students’ Sense of Belonging

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Its satisfaction leads to positive gains such as happiness, elation, wellbeing , achievement, and optimal functioning (Strayhorn, 2019, p. But whats much less clear is how to facilitate, engender, or boost belonging for all students, using theory as a blueprint. Sense of belonging model as a blueprint BELONGING 1.0

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Bridging Pathways for Military-Connected Learners

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However, to move beyond a slogan, community college leaders need to examine how they are creating bridges of empathy (Yelich Biniecki & Berg, 2000) and pathways for success (Kirchner & Yelich Biniecki, 2019) to serve active duty and veteran service members and their families. Dr. Susan M.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

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Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. The dashboard is available through the Office of Student Success. “By

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Morehouse Joins Initiative to Bring College Courses to Disadvantaged High Schoolers

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Grad students serve as teaching fellows, facilitating discussion sections and grading student work. The initiative has grown rapidly since it started in 2019, offering a single Harvard course, Poetry in America: The City from Whitman to Hip-Hop, at 25 high schools in 11 cities.

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The Impact of Affirmative Action on the Mental Health of College Students of Color

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The University of Michigan reported that in 2019 one-quarter of students from underrepresented backgrounds said they did not feel they belonged at Michigan, a 66% increase over ten years earlier.

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Grant to Council of Independent Colleges Promotes Free Expression on Campus

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Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill The Campus Free Expression Project, a bipartisan policy center launched in 2019, recently joined the Council of Independent Colleges to provide such support to academic leaders at its member institutions. It engages with legislators, policymakers, presidents, and other campus stakeholders in support of the effort.

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