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Report: Caring Campus Program Tied to Increased Connection for Students and Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“People, in different ways, became less connected, and there were fewer students coming back to college and so on. So I think a lot of institutional leaders have been concerned about making sure students develop that sense of connection.

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NASPA Survey Reveals Further Declines in Campus Mental Health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbated the problem, with over 60% of college students meeting the criteria for at least one mental health issue in the 2020-21 school year. Dunkle believes that college administrations can create programming to help students develop life skills and connect with each other.

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Driving Global Economic Success Through Diversity and Prosperity in STEM Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For generations, STEM education has remained an integral approach to learning and development, helping students develop the critical thinking tools that are vital to an ever-evolving world. According to STEMEducationGuide.com, a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, as of 2020, over 10.2

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Developing a Strengths-Based Campus: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Supporting Student Success

This project was particularly important to me because of the impact CliftonStrengths had made in my life and how the tool was being used to support post-secondary studentsdevelopment. We currently offer seven focused programs at the undergraduate level and have an enrollment of 4,818 (University of Guelph-Humber, 2020).

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

high blood pressure, fatigue, and headaches), subsequently, impacting educational success and positive health outcomes for racially minoritized students (Smith et al., Given the circumstances, it is not surprising that racially minoritized students experience mental health symptoms at higher rates than white students (Lipson, 2022).

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10 Best Practices for Supporting College Students’ Mental Health

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A 2020 survey from The Chronicle of Higher Education and Fidelity Investments found that two-thirds of faculty respondents felt “extremely” or “very” stressed, compared to just one-third of respondents who reported similar feelings the year before. “Had I believe my staff would have probably told me, ‘This is too much.

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More than Homecoming: Students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities Have Long Advocated for Voting Rights

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Before education was integrated in the 1950s and 1960s, HBCUs educated most Black college students. HBCUs played a vital role in developing Black social and political consciousness among students. Second, HBCUs are located in states that have implemented restrictive voting changes since the 2020 election.