Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Our comprehensive strategy emphasizes culturally relevant curriculum, robust community connections and clear pathways to success—crucial for nurturing a sense of belonging and enhancing academic persistence. Among the expanded resources are mental health services, food security initiatives and tailored educational pathways.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The pending administration is threatening to dismantle the spaces and experiences that affirm Black students, which would prove dangerous to the education and mental health of Black students. Black students are seeking more interactions with Black faculty, a Black-centered curriculum, and an overall empowering campus experience.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 11, 2025

Garcia advises HSI leaders to take a holistic and multi-dimensional perspective on servingness and to ensure indicators of servingness are reflected in institutional structures such as their mission and purpose, leadership practices, polices, curriculum, co-curricular offerings, and advancement activities.

Higher education

COE

MAY 2, 2025

Blog Revised FAFSA Release Date Pushed Back – What You Need to Know! Hamm Click to view the page: The Council for Opportunity in Education and Comcast NBCUniversal Launch $1.5 Million Jurassic World Rule Your Future STEAM Initiative Press Releases The Council for Opportunity in Education and Comcast NBCUniversal Launch $1.5

Education

COE

JULY 9, 2025

Blog Revised FAFSA Release Date Pushed Back – What You Need to Know!

First generation

COE

JULY 24, 2025

Blog Revised FAFSA Release Date Pushed Back – What You Need to Know!

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 23, 2025

Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest and most prestigious honor society in America, was created by five students at the College of William and Mary as a "secret society" that strayed from the strict academic curriculum to discuss controversial topics such as the ethics of slavery and the role of religion in government.

University

COE

JUNE 3, 2025

Blog Revised FAFSA Release Date Pushed Back – What You Need to Know! Hamm Click to view the page: The Council for Opportunity in Education and Comcast NBCUniversal Launch $1.5 Million Jurassic World Rule Your Future STEAM Initiative Press Releases The Council for Opportunity in Education and Comcast NBCUniversal Launch $1.5

First generation

COE

JUNE 11, 2025

Blog Revised FAFSA Release Date Pushed Back – What You Need to Know!

First generation

COE

JULY 8, 2025

Blog Revised FAFSA Release Date Pushed Back – What You Need to Know! Hamm Click to view the page: The Council for Opportunity in Education and Comcast NBCUniversal Launch $1.5 Million “Jurassic World Rule Your Future STEAM Initiative” Press Releases The Council for Opportunity in Education and Comcast NBCUniversal Launch $1.5

First generation

COE

JULY 10, 2025

As a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital , she has become a trailblazing researcher in health justice and mental health, securing NIH funding and mentoring the next generation of scholars in medicine and psychiatry.

Education

COE

JULY 15, 2025

Blog Revised FAFSA Release Date Pushed Back – What You Need to Know! Hamm Click to view the page: The Council for Opportunity in Education and Comcast NBCUniversal Launch $1.5 Million “Jurassic World Rule Your Future STEAM Initiative” Press Releases The Council for Opportunity in Education and Comcast NBCUniversal Launch $1.5

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Sara Goldrick-Rab To help mitigate this, Believe in Students developed The #RealCollege Curriculum masterclass, a four-course curriculum sponsored by the ECMC Foundation, Gates Foundation, Imaginable Futures, and Michelson 20MM. EST to share insights on student success and rising college costs, expressing the urgency of the curriculum.

Curriculum

Active Minds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

We plan everything—the schedules, the curricula, the safety drills—but too often, mental health programming gets overlooked. But I quickly learned that when we wait to address mental health issues until they escalate, it’s already too late. As educators and school leaders, we have to prioritize mental health from day one.

Mental health

Active Minds

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

For many of us, mental health has become intertwined into our everyday conversations — chatting with our friends about daily stressors, reading social media posts about managing anxiety, and meeting with a therapist when things feel out of control. The good news?

Mental health

Active Minds

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

It’s no surprise that school counselors play an important role in supporting student mental health, well-being, and academic success in K-12 schools. They are making a difference in the daily lives of our K-12 students and changing the conversation about mental health in their schools.

Mental health

Active Minds

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I’ll be honest: talking about mental health and Active Minds with Rory McIlroy was not on my 2022 bingo card. Their work is unparalleled – they are young adult-focused and led, and believe strongly in Gen Z’s lived experiences around mental health being a catalyst for change.

Mental health

Active Minds

MARCH 15, 2023

We are proud to announce that thanks to their support, we are bringing our proven peer-to-peer mental health model to middle schools nationwide. To kick this exciting announcement off, Active Minds students met with Optum Ambassadors at The Players Championship this weekend to talk about mental health on the golf course.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2023

Over the past decade, campus mental health has bloomed into a crisis, with rates of depression and anxiety symptoms more than doubling. The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbated the problem, with over 60% of college students meeting the criteria for at least one mental health issue in the 2020-21 school year.

Mental health

Active Minds

JANUARY 20, 2023

But let’s be honest: especially when it comes to the impact of bullying on mental health, we know that this is far from true. While not the only factor, self-talk plays a key role in our mental health, and when we suffer from negative self-talk our well-being will deteriorate as well.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 31, 2023

has partnered with higher ed virtual health company TimelyCare to offer students and employees free access to mental health support and medical care, starting this fall, The Robesonian reported. Robeson Community College (RCC) in Lumberton, N.C., TimelyCare offers 24/7 availability, Singler said. “It

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Phillips The four-year grant will support the university’s Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner programs, in which students receive tuition support and opportunities to provide care for diverse patients in underserved community settings within an inter-professional team.

Grant

Active Minds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Although talking about mental health and suicide can be challenging, it is a conversation that we can’t avoid. Every year, too many young lives are impacted by mental health challenges, making suicide a significant concern. Last year, more than 49,000 people were victims of suicide , the highest ever recorded in U.S.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

COVID-19 has had an alarming impact on the mental health of college students. The increase, the Trevor Project suggests , stems from not only from the negative impact of COVID-19, but other risk factors like barriers to mental health care and a wave of new state policies affecting LGBTQ+ rights.

Mental health

Active Minds

AUGUST 2, 2023

Before learning about the different problems people may have due to their mental health and how the stigma associated with it discourages people from seeking treatment, I had no idea what she was trying to convey to me. Adults instruct children to keep away from those who are experiencing mental health problems.

Mental health

Active Minds

AUGUST 30, 2023

From middle to early high school, I struggled with suicidal ideation, depression, disordered eating, and other mental health challenges. I felt especially isolated in my rural community, where conversations about mental health were nonexistent and access to care was limited. Senate Committee on Finance at age 17.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

This period was characterized by an increasing emphasis on computer literacy and the integration of technology into both curriculum and administrative processes. The integration of technology into the curriculum opened new avenues for teaching and learning, allowing for more flexible and innovative educational experiences.

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2024

Surprisingly, understanding behavioral health needs and communication was identified, but sparsely. This was an unexpected finding given the public awareness directed toward mental health behavior and treatment. Expand mental health and behavior training to prepare officers for handling community members in crises.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

teachers, school board members, superintendents, principals) and policy makers to see, appreciate, and honor the cultural capital that students of color bring to education, counseling, and mental health services. Counseling & mental health. b. Special education over-referrals and overrepresentation.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

I propose the following policies and strategies to disrupt this pipeline: Embed Mental Health Counseling into Early Intervention Programming Early intervention is crucial for at-promise students to prevent behaviors that may lead to arrest and involvement in the criminal justice system.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

The TEAS project is approaching the need to support its significant Asian student body from multiple angles, seeking out what would be the most beneficial: mentorship, mental health, and curriculum. It will also be hiring a full-time program coordinator to help manage the grant’s efforts.

Mentoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It enables an intentional health focus across the liberal arts and facilitates dialogue on the future of healthcare. Coe students can explore careers in mental health and clinical healthcare. They also may choose to integrate health and care into other courses of study.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The students interviewed voiced concerns about a number of deficiencies on their campuses, including a lack of students and faculty of color; limited support from their school; insufficient information about reporting processes for incidents of racial/ethnic discrimination; and not having mental health supports specifically for students of color.

Therapist

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 13, 2023

And they may be less familiar with the “hidden curriculum”—the implicit norms and knowledge that help students navigate college life. These first-generation students are likelier than their peers to be from minoritized backgrounds, to face economic challenges, and to juggle jobs and families in addition to school.

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2024

Every student is assigned a success coach that helps on their academic journey and life issues like transportation, child care, or mental health,” said Lonon. DC also consciously connects with regional employers, with each president at their seven campuses becoming industry sector leads.

Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

There will be courses about social, behavioral, environmental, and cultural determinants of health and interventions that can be beneficial to underserved communities. Health isn’t just your physical or mental health; we have to think more broadly about the social determinants of health or the conditions in which people live,” says Charles.

Curriculum

COE

APRIL 11, 2023

Research Reveals Ways to Improve Mental Health Support for First-Generation Students April 11, 2023 — by Holly Hexter Colleges can do more to help first-generation students address mental health challenges as they transition to campus life, an Ohio State University researcher says. Sergeev emigrated to the U.S.

First generation