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

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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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Why Trump’s Budget Proposal Betrays a Generation of Low-Income College Students

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Aaron Brown is the executive vice president of the Council for Opportunity in Education and a TRIO Student Support Services alumnus.

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Women's Liberal Arts College Allows Students to Travel Globally as Part of First-Year Course

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At Agnes Scott College, first-year students are given the opportunity to take their first step into becoming global citizens through its Global Journeys program. While the courses are meant to be enjoyable, their focus is on helping students develop intercultural competency. "We

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

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Our second cohort concluded in December 2021, our third cohort wrapped up in spring 2022, our fourth occurred in fall 2022, and our fifth occurred in spring 2023. In each session, the fellows gained depth in new topics or terrains, developed leadership skills, and built a network with peers from institutions across the country.

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How Pueblo College Supercharged Yield and Retention Efforts

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November 1, 2022. And so if you've got that, if we can capitalize it, if we can keep that and continue to grow, we have the best chance, I think, of retaining these students, developing great registration processes, so students move through their journey as quickly and efficiently as they can. Episode 126.

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Council for Opportunity in Education Appoints Aaron Brown as Executive Vice President

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Brown brings a deep understanding of the challenges underrepresented students face and a solid commitment to empowering them to achieve their educational goals. Jones as Its Third President Press Releases Council for Opportunity in Education Board of Directors Unanimously Chooses Kimberly A.

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10 Best Practices for Supporting College Students’ Mental Health

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6 Support the mental health of faculty and staff Research by the College and University Professional Association of Human Resources (CUPA-HR) in 2022 found that nearly 60% of higher education employees were likely to seek new employment in the next year. I believe my staff would have probably told me, ‘This is too much.