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An Inclusive Approach to Increasing Access to Student Mental Health Services

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to the 2023 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) for returning students and the 2023 Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE) for first-year students, 66% of the student respondents to both surveys indicated they felt nervous, anxious, or on edge to the point where it was affecting their lives.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Positive Potential Minnesota also has the American Indian Scholars Program, which was established in the 2023 legislative session. The Metro-Wide American Indian Graduation Celebration facilitates conversations between tribal colleges and four-year institutions. It’s a game changer for many of our students,” she notes.

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New Jersey's Free Teletherapy Program Delivers 78,000 Mental Health Sessions to College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bridges New Jersey's groundbreaking state-funded teletherapy program has delivered more than 78,000 counseling sessions to college students since its 2023 launch, according to new data released by the New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher Education.

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A Blueprint for College Students’ Sense of Belonging

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Strayhorn few years ago, Liu (2023) published, Everyone is Talking about Belonging in The Chronicle of Higher Education. But whats much less clear is how to facilitate, engender, or boost belonging for all students, using theory as a blueprint. A Dr. Terrell L. Her opening lines were perennial: Its everywhere.

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the unanticipated: reflecting & looking forward

Catherine Cronin

In that same month, Laura Czerniewicz and I published a call for chapters for a new book, an idea we had been slow-cooking for about six months (that book, Higher Education for Good , was published in October 2023). This drew on GTM and team members’ expertise as well as principles of data feminism (DIgnazio & Klein, 2020 ).

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

predominately white institutions) known to facilitate discrimination, isolation, and marginalization. This is particularly true for racially minoritized students, who, unlike their white racial counterparts, must deal with academic pressures while navigating through systems (e.g.,

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Ariella Robbins, Villanova University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Robbins had served as the Interim Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Villanova since December 2023 and prior to that, she was the Assistant Vice President for the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the University.