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Proposed TRIO Cut Jeopardizes At-Risk Students’ Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

TRIO doesn’t provide free tuition, but offers academic tutoring, mentoring, financial guidance, personal counseling, and career services that help students. TRIO helped me as a first-generation college student in ways my family couldn’t.

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How Career Services Can Support Student Mental Health

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However, institutions often cannot simply treat every student who might benefit from therapy due to the gap between students who need counseling and the number of students who actually receive it. The challenges of the “real world” will only heighten as students graduate and move onto careers. So what are the solutions?

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MassBay Community College to Offer Free Tech Education and Training to Unemployed and Underemployed Workers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Participants will be able to get individual career service assistance, career counseling, resume-building and interview skill workshops, and wrap-around services such as childcare and transportation stipends.

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6 ways leaders are rethinking their student affairs organizational charts in 2023

EAB

Large or small, public or private, almost all VPSAs manage between six and seven direct reports, almost always including the director of career services. Most student affairs divisions now own career services. of institutions today have career services reporting to VPSAs. -->. February 10, 2022.

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From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs

COE

From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs April 7, 2023 — by Terry Vaughan III The research will examine how TRIO programs can work with existing career services to provide comprehensive career support to learners.

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The Role of Mental Health in Workforce Development

Timely MD

At Handshake’s Access 2022 conference for employers and career services professionals, three students spoke about their journey with mental health. Create an expectation of student commitment to college-to-career transition preparation. What does this look like at a personal level? Listen to their stories.

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Providing Support to Financial Aid Awardees During the School Year

School & Student Services by Community Brands

Financial Counseling and Support Budgeting Assistance: Offer budgeting assistance and financial planning resources to help families manage their tuition payments effectively. Bonus strategy: Highlight and Offer Post-Graduation Support Career Services: Offer career services to help students transition to college or the workforce.