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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mental health and emotional stress rank among the top reasons students consider leaving college, making accessible care crucial for retention and completion efforts. The platform has also served as a critical safety net, facilitating over 1,075 crisis connections with three active rescues resulting in hospitalizations for intensive care.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Minnesota Office of Higher Education is projecting that 2,000 students will benefit from this program during the 2024-25 academic year. 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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Five Questions That College Leaders Should Be Asking to Improve Student Success in 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

College leaders serious about improving student success and graduating the learners who enroll in their institutions should ask themselves these five questions as we head into 2024: Do we have programs that work for someone living day to day? Many adult learners must prioritize earning a living and caring for their families.

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The Emergence of University of Miami Quarterback Cam Ward Provides Lessons About Systems

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Before the 2024 season, Ward emerged as the most sought-after quarterback in college football’s transfer portal, a mechanism created in 2018 that allowed student-athletes to switch schools and compete immediately without the previous requirement of sitting out a season.

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Report: Degree Completion Rate Tied to Number of Credits Taken Per Year

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sarah Collins Ad Astra’s 2024 Benchmark Report – released on Feb. For instance, ‘walking’ students had a 29% retention rate and a 7% rate of completion. But student who were even just one tier up, ‘speed-walking,’ saw retention rates jump to 53% and likelihood of completing to 26%.

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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Prior to starting this position in April 2024, Salcedo spent two years as assistant director for administration of the Academic Advancement Program working with Alexander, who has directed AAP for over a decade. Claudia Salcedo, who adds that administrators can sometimes be perceived as separate from the students they serve.

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Guiding Community Colleges Toward Mission Fulfillment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Utilizing a data-driven approach, ATD provides coaching that facilitates institutional transformation so that these colleges can have maximum impact on the lives of their students and on the communities within which they are located. The metrics include course completion, retention, program completion and program completion with wage gains.