Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2025

Meanwhile, research increasingly shows that comprehensive support services like counseling, basic needs assistance, and mental health care directly impact student achievement, especially for historically underserved populations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2025

My primary mentors have been women of color, white women and gay men. At Moorpark, equity initiatives aimed at fostering student belonging and engagement include the use of secure two-way texting by admissions, financial aid, counseling, and other departments. Students learn that they have a person who cares about them at the college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 18, 2025

Nicole Pulliam In my first year as a faculty member, I was the shiny new object. I have deeply enjoyed my students, the camaraderie of my colleagues, and the privileges afforded to faculty. They are tasked with mentoring others while their own professional needs go unmet. In many ways, my institution has been good to me.

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Student Research Foundation

JANUARY 9, 2025

As you progress through high school, its also important to build strong relationships with teachers, faculty, and other mentors in your life. Schedule a free consultation with Premium Prep College Counseling and discover how their expert counselors can tailor a plan to your unique needs, goals, and dreams.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Mentorship and Support Programs: Academic Support: Provide academic support services, such as tutoring and counseling, to ensure the success of financial aid recipients. Mentorship Programs: Pair students with mentors who can provide guidance, support, and role models.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Sense of Belonging/Acceptance Racially minoritized students who attend PWIs often report feelings of isolation, marginalization, lack of support, and exclusion from faculty and peers. While there have been improvements in on-campus counseling services, many lack the resources to meet the growing demand (Watkins et al.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2025

As a teacher, mentor, colleague and friend, he was beloved." "John Casteen is simply inseparable from the story of UVA," current UVA President Jim Ryan said in a statement. "As As president, he transformed UVA into a world-class university.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Old Dominion University’s (ODU) Darden College of Education and Professional Studies is launching a program to help address disparities in the number of minorritized higher ed faculty. The priority deadline for applications for the two- to three-person initial cohort is Dec.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2024

More than 80% of college faculty and staff members have noticed increasing demand among online learners for mental health services this past school year, according to a new survey from the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) and teletherapy company Uwill. It's not why they chose the online education in the first place.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

Bazan — whose term begins July 1, soon after the official transition to the new name of Union Adventist University — brings a long legacy of supporting and mentoring students, university leaders, and local church constituents. The values and mission are lived beautifully by the faculty, students, staff, and administration.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Title: Associate Professor of Counseling, Department of Disability & Psychoeducational Studies, University of Arizona, Affiliate Faculty, Education Policy Center, University of Arizona Tenured: Yes Age: 37 Education: B.S., school counseling, University of Maryland, College Park; and Ph.D.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

counseling, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Ph.D., educational leadership & policy analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison Career mentors: Dr. Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Dr. Alberta M. criminology, law & society, University of California, Irvine; M.S.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

A Latino student researching a university department observed that hardly any of the faculty had backgrounds similar to his own. “I I was afforded opportunities to navigate higher education because of the presence of faculty of color, because of the presence of Latino faculty,” Galan said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

These students are provided academic supports that include counseling, scholarships, and opportunities to participate in innovative science programs. “Dr. By example, the counseling/advising unit uses an intrusive model, monitoring students’ progress and regularly checking in on them. The California legislature put some caveats.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

They shared a common spirit in their separate spheres: to advance people of color through mentoring and teaching. He mentored generations of students and colleagues, from being one of only three Black faculty members and the first Black tenure-track professor at Indiana University to his long-time service at Howard University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Campus racial climate is defined in the report as the “current attitudes, behaviors, and practices of faculty and students at a higher education institution toward students based on their race/ethnicity.” Another Black student, Ava, was interviewed about the distinctly few counselors of color available at her school’s counseling center.

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Active Minds

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

This fellowship gives Black, Indigenous, and students of Color (BIPOC) students the opportunity to be mentored by national experts in the mental health field as they complete independent, funded research projects. Baker is a doctoral student in counseling psychology at Columbia University’s Teachers College. Maico Demi B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 5, 2024

Students benefit tremendously from seeing themselves reflected in the faculty, staff, and student peers who make up the campus community. Also important to this concept is the need for reflective representation. It is the institution’s responsibility to ensure long-term success and retention.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Early in her time as an administrator at Virginia Tech, she implemented the Black Engineering Support Team (BEST), having Black upperclassmen be peer mentors to freshmen. Those freshmen remained bonded and, in time, became mentors. Faculty from the College of Engineering and College of Sciences play an essential role.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Additionally, don’t forget to take stock of your social capital and support in your life and at your disposal: friends, family, mentors, and personal and professional networks. Yes, most campuses have counseling centers, but are they accessible, adequately resourced, and inclusive?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

Administrators and faculty members are responsible for confronting these unjust behaviors head-on. These include mentoring programs, language support groups, and counseling services that address their unique challenges. Representation Matters : Increase the representation of linguistically diverse faculty and staff.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Guttman recently institutionalized its Lavender Graduation, a pre-graduation ceremony for LGBTQ students which the president, provost, and members of the faculty attend. Even if he wanted to go to the counseling center, there weren’t counselors competent to discuss issues related to his coming out process.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2024

When Washington was in his 20s, he met Dr. Joan Steinau Lester, author then leader of multicultural education for the faculty at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. This environment can be intentionally triggering, and it doesn’t always bring out people’s best. Lester saw potential in him and invited him to co-lead.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

The Emerging Scholars also supported encouraging students to engage in research, disagree with mentors, prove their cases, and strive for positive change. Mayes, an associate professor of counseling in the University of Arizona’s department of disability & psychoeducational studies. “I I will pass the torch to you.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

“Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Dr. Erika D.

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Timely MD

APRIL 4, 2023

To effectively address mental illness, substance abuse, suicide, racism, homophobia, eating disorders, and sexism, students need accessible mentors that they feel comfortable turning to when they need support. This is precisely why TimelyCare is doing more to provide virtual care for college personnel in addition to students.

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EAB

MAY 2, 2023

Dindo and his team have focused on connecting students with the right information, counseling, and other mental health resources in places and ways that students find most helpful. Joining me today to discuss this challenge is the Director of Counseling Services for Northern Arizona University, Dr. Carl Dindo. So this is really nice.

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EAB

DECEMBER 8, 2022

That’s because on campuses that are predominantly white and majority female , it’s harder for Black and Latino men to find peer groups, mentors, role models, and places where they can just be themselves. Early mentor matching not only helps reduce summer melt, but it also means each student sees at least one familiar face at orientation.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

DECEMBER 20, 2021

xiii Services that build such a culture include mentoring opportunities, academic advising, faculty engagement, transfer orientation, transition programs, career counseling, and other steps to help students thrive.

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Timely MD

MAY 3, 2024

Dean of Counseling and Student Success Programs at Diablo Valley College, emphasized the importance of early intervention to support struggling students. Faculty and staff are encouraged to co-create experiences with students. “We Panelists Cynthia Hernandez, Ph.D.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Hines Our co-edited book, Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising and Counseling, is one of the most comprehensive textbooks on Black males. An antiracist approach to counseling gifted Black boys with disabilities. Dr. Erik M. Hines and E.C. Emerald Publishing Limited. Hines & E.C.

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Timely MD

AUGUST 29, 2024

He led a wide range of student groups, from the Student Government Association to the Multicultural Mentoring Program to Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. That’s why Emory invited successful faculty, staff, and alumni to get vulnerable about their own stories and help students see that life doesn’t always work out the way you plan.

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Counselors' Corner

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

This is a little longer than my usual blog, and some of these admissions officers have moved on, but I think this counsel is well worth the space today. It’s more than OK to acknowledge that you need some help making sense of this new world, and research shows that’s much more likely to happen if you find a peer or mentor to connect with.

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EAB

MAY 5, 2023

While counseling is a critical part of mental health care, unfortunately, mental health professionals are in short supply and often already over capacity. The upper tiers represent high-intensity options such as 1:1 counseling, while the bottom tiers represent lower intensity programs and services.

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Timely MD

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The experience of cultural incongruence and difficulty with peers and faculty have both been shown to negatively impact academic performance as it affects student veterans’ sense of belonging. Develop peer-to-peer mentoring programs that include a buddy system for veterans upon enrollment in your college.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

They have general programs like mentoring programs, orientation and things of that nature, but nothing very specific to those populations. So starting from the very beginning, going all the way through graduation when they're becoming mentors to the new incoming class of students. AS: Yeah, and I think it's harder for men.

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Timely MD

MARCH 4, 2024

I was fortunate to have mentors throughout my life that supported and encouraged me along the way to keep growing and learning and it’s because I had some many amazing people cheering me on along the way that I continue to do the work that I do in support of student success. I am deeply committed to serving college students.

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