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Importance of mental health during university studies

Student Minds

Ellen explores the importance of mental health during one's university years as well as strategies to nurture and maintain it. It's a time of exploration, personal growth, and academic development. At the same time, it can be a period of intense stress and mental health challenges because you are about to start something new.

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Promoting Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Underrepresented College Students

Timely MD

The barriersranging from cultural stigma and financial constraints to limited access to tailored supportare significant and deeply rooted. Common barriers include: Cultural stigma: Many underrepresented students come from communities where asking for help, particularly around mental health, is seen as a sign of weakness.

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Nobody’s Perfect: Helping Students Navigate Achievement and Academic Excellence

Timely MD

“For high-achieving students, sometimes they can feel as though if things don’t go their way, their dreams are dashed and they can’t meet the goals they set for themselves,” Dr. James Raper, Associate Vice President for Health, Wellbeing, Access and Prevention at Emory, told Inside Higher Ed. Help students navigate perfectionism.

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Is Your Institution ‘Gen P’ Ready?

EAB

Focused on Mental Health While student mental health concerns have been growing for years, they have been significantly exacerbated by the stressors of the pandemic. Mental health concerns now beat academic and financial concerns in drivers of why students are considering leaving college.

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New Student Engagement Data Reveals Surprises

EAB

And so this includes items such as how often have you visited with an academic advisor? Are you receiving just the general support you need, non-academic wise that you need to be successful? I don't have access to food." Does this college support you financially to complete your education and to be successful?

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The Future of Academic Advising

The University Innovation Alliance

Academic advisors' job descriptions are changing as more institutions recognize that dedicated, proactive advising is now a pillar of success for an increasingly diverse student population navigating an increasingly complicated world. I don’t think anyone has ever gone to college saying, 'My goal is not to graduate.'

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How Thematic Major Clusters, Major Maps, and Faculty Mentorship Elevate the Student Experience

EAB

Academic advisors act as students’ principal resources in navigating their student experience. Ensure these vulnerable student populations have access to a faculty mentor. Further, mentor programs help lighten advisor courseloads as students have more points of contact when seeking support. Ready to find out more?

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