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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. A substantial portion of students also sought services in languages other than English, highlighting the importance of linguistic accessibility in mental health care.

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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We have the first and only comprehensive consortium agreement between HBCUs six institutions that have signed up to facilitate seamless course sharing among their institutions and to share data into a centralized repository because we're connected to their SIS system. When I say we co-created this with the institutions, we truly did.

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Council for Opportunity in Education Condemns President Trump’s Proposal to Eliminate Federal TRIO Programs 

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Hamm President Trumps newly released 2026 budget proposes the complete elimination of the Federal TRIO Programs, which have helped millions of low-income, first-generation students – including veterans, adult learners, and students with disabilities – succeed in higher education for over 60 years. WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2025

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

We’ll examine how technology-facilitated abuse intersects with public health and patient care, while providing practical strategies for maintaining digital boundaries in professional settings. This session was created with School of Nursing, School of Medicine, and School of Public Health students in mind.

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More Than 10,000 TRIO Alumni Urge Congress to Protect Federal TRIO Programs

COE

Today, the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) proudly recognizes and applauds the more than 10,000 alumni of the Federal TRIO Programs (TRIO) who have come together in an unprecedented show of unity to oppose the Trump Administrations proposal to eliminate TRIO in the Fiscal Year 2026 budget.

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TRIO in the News, Summer 2025

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Hamm The Trump administration’s fiscal 2026 “skinny” budget proposes eliminating all $1.2 TRIO in the News, Summer 2025 July 8, 2025 — by Terrance L.

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The Council for Opportunity in Education Launches Inaugural Award for Institutional Effectiveness to Scale TRIO Student Support Services Practices Campus-Wide

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Second, semifinalists coordinate an in-person campus visit between November 15, 2025, and January 15, 2026. Three finalists will be notified by March 2026, each receiving $10,000 in unrestricted funds to advance their student-centered work. Nicole Norfles, Ed.D.,