Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2025

Across the country, community colleges and universities are seeing fewer students enroll, a trend that could have long-term consequences for both individuals and the economy. This enrollment issue is exacerbated by students struggling with loneliness, uncertainty, and declining mental health.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 30, 2025

As a soon-to-be septuagenarian, current university faculty member and educational researcher, the guiding principle learn throughout life resonates with me. Both then, as K-12 educator and grandmother of six, and now in my university work, my life is iteratively enriched through intergenerational learning.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 11, 2024

Radford University Class of 2027 Radford University in Virginia has received a $1.2 Andes said that Radford’s grant submission prioritized “enhanced student services in mental health and mentoring,” which made Radford’s proposal stand out. Radford University students. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 18, 2025

This double standard manifests in insidious ways: Overrepresentation in Service Work: We are disproportionately asked to lead diversity initiatives, serve on equity committees, and mentor students from historically excluded or systemically marginalized backgrounds. Pauline Clance, the psychologist who coined the term impostor phenomenon.

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Student Minds

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Ellen explores the importance of mental health during one's university years as well as strategies to nurture and maintain it. Ellen University life is an exciting and transformative period in someone’s life. Navigating the academic and social pressures of university can take a toll on students' mental well-being.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

He went to the dean of the College of Education at Central Connecticut State University and said, “I need help, or I’m out.” Johns Hopkins University senior Daivik Chawla was the first person to emphasize the importance of student voices in student support. Mentors go through a week of training prior to new student orientation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 15, 2024

in Higher Education Administration Program at North Carolina Central University, an historically Black university in Durham, North Carolina. McMickens During an interview with Diverse , McMickens recalls an op-ed column written by a Black student in The Daily Pennsylvanian , the University of Pennsylvania student newspaper.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 26, 2022

She tells viewers not to be afraid to ask questions about a career that interests them and says she will gladly answer questions about being a university professor. Smith University (JCSU, an HBCU institution) in Charlotte, N.C. Prestage, who taught at Southern University and was a renowned researcher, passed away in 2020). “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Title: Assistant Professor of Psychology, Delaware State University Tenured: No Age: 39 Education: B.S., psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; and Ph.D., In doing so, she serves as a mentor to a variety of students and promotes service learning.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

The city and area hold a large population of people from places such as India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, along with more recent refugees from Afghanistan and Syria, according to Dr. Jason Oliver Chang, director of the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Salcedo is the director of the Center for Community College Partnerships at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). If the university is not providing the resource, he will make a connection.” We hire a lot of students to be peer mentors, peer counselors, peer learning facilitators, which are basically tutors,” he continues.

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Timely MD

APRIL 4, 2023

The mental health crisis in higher education was simmering long before the shutdown, isolation, and dramatic changes that occurred during the early days of COVID-19. However, the pandemic fanned the flame and flared up major mental health concerns for college athletes. 2x since 2020. 2x since 2020.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

English and psychology, University of Virginia; M.A., child development, Tufts University; and Ph.D., They wanted mental health professionals and counselors that were Black and understood what it meant to be Black. Mims was working on her master’s degree in child development at Tufts University at the time. “He

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EAB

MAY 2, 2023

Podcast How NAU Streamlined Student Access to Mental Health Resources Episode 149. EAB’s Katie Herrmann is joined by Dr. Carl Dindo, the Director of Campus Health Services for Northern Arizona University, to discuss innovative approaches to meeting student mental health needs. May 2, 2023. music] 0:00:49.0

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 28, 2023

Timothy Alvarez’s life is a living example of the importance of mentors in higher education. million over five years, that enabled the school to focus on mentoring, professional development for faculty and undergraduate research. He did not have mentors until he propelled himself back to college at age 32.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

There is tutoring and mentoring, and Espiritu designed a model in which second-year students mentor first-year students. This continues after graduation when students attending four-year institutions mentor second-year EPW students. Latino faculty at UTA closely mentor the students. As the Hispanic population in the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

Throughout the following 10 months, the fellows participated in meetings with their faculty mentors and optional monthly cohort-wide calls to discuss their progress. universities using data provided by around 250 surveyed students. So , there's really a lot more that many universities can be doing to support their students.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 21, 2022

GPA, Chambers decided to transfer to the University of Minnesota. This is a significant issue that higher education scholars need to understand because it’s underlying a lot of mental health issues.” Racial opportunity costs can also lead to a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy around minoritized students. said Chambers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

For a college or university to be designated a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) by the U.S. One of only two schools in the University System of Georgia with HSI status, GGC has consistently developed programming for Hispanic students over the past decade. Sam Houston State University (SHSU) in Texas received HSI designation in 2022.

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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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

. — remembers the joyful opening of the LGBTQ+ Resource Office on the main campus of Prairie View A&M University. The joy has now turned to sadness as a new law in Texas has dismantled diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and programs at publicly funded universities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

Dr. Yoshiko Harden While Scott’s investment in historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is well-documented, her contributions to community colleges have not received as much attention. Two of the ongoing initiatives were Hostos’s Research Center and its Mentor/Mentee Jobs on Campus program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Addressing the need Queensborough Community College (QCC), a two-year institution in the City University of New York system, conducted an equity audit that showed there were retention and graduation disparities for male students overall, with Black and Latinx male students disproportionately impacted. Dr. Roderick L.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 1, 2024

One Million Degrees offers coaching, mentoring, and financial and professional guidance. Another critical component of advising is helping students envision and achieve their career goals. The Strada Education Foundation led an interactive session on personalized career coaching that fully equips students to succeed in college and beyond.

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Timely MD

JULY 18, 2022

These programs are designed to arm students with the knowledge and skills necessary to support student mental health on college and university campuses. The components of peer-to-peer program training There is not a one-size-fits-all approach to care for students with mental health conditions. Talk to TimelyMD.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

The city and area hold a large population of people from places such as India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, along with more recent refugees from Afghanistan and Syria, according to Dr. Jason Oliver Chang, director of the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut.

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Timely MD

AUGUST 29, 2024

He graduated from the honors program at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville College of Nursing. He led a wide range of student groups, from the Student Government Association to the Multicultural Mentoring Program to Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Michael “MJ” Curtis Jr. is accustomed to success. Curtis is far from alone.

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EAB

MAY 5, 2023

Blogs How schools are expanding student mental health support without hiring more counselors Colleges and universities face a slew of “ pandemic ripple effects ” that pose long-term threats to student success. Colleges and universities will need to evolve their strategy to meet the challenge.

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Timely MD

DECEMBER 21, 2022

How can colleges and universities tailor support for the health and well-being of college student veterans? All of that to say, it’s increasingly important for colleges and universities to consider how to support the health and well-being of college student veterans. Mental Health.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2023

was not until my master’s program at the University of Missouri-Columbia that I had my first Black instructors. I also wanted them to mentor me, particularly the Black male instructor, as I could see my future self in him. Hines is associate professor and program coordinator of counselor education at Florida State University.

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WashU Institue for Public Health

JULY 3, 2019

Written by Juliet Enow, DrPH candidate, Jackson State University and participant in the 2019 Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program – Public & Global Health Track. It has been fascinating to learn about eating disorders, its myriad health impacts and sequelae.

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Student Minds

JULY 10, 2024

After two years at College studying Animal Care and Management, I was entirely burnt out and a victim of my evolving mental health difficulties – Including an ongoing battle with Anorexia Nervosa. Alongside impeccable support from my Personal Tutor, and other Lecturers, I had been assigned a disability mentor.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

MARCH 20, 2025

Engage with people of different backgrounds to broaden your understanding and enhance your university experience. Overcoming Challenges Its normal to “not know” things, and the university encourages students to lead with curiosity as they seek to find their place at Hopkins and in the world.

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Scholarship America

OCTOBER 24, 2023

That happened six years ago and her mental health is a lot better now – not perfect, but I’m not worried about her trying to kill herself.” As a sophomore, he was matched with a mentor from the University of Texas Long School of Medicine , who invited him to work with him on a project researching teen mental health.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

A working paper recently published by the National Bureau of Economic Research reported that PWIs can learn how to better support Black students by implementing best practices from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). News survey revealed that 70% of 3,649 students struggled with mental health since starting college.

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Timely MD

AUGUST 8, 2024

Many students arriving on college and university campuses today have never had a first job. Colleges and universities need to continue to support students and provide them opportunities to sharpen soft skills to help them be successful in the classroom and beyond. Access to a mentor to help them grow and develop can be pivotal.

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EAB

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In EAB’s conversations with 50+ university leaders, we learned how uniquely challenging it is for Black and Latino men to find a sense of belonging in college. As soon as a student submits his enrollment deposit, he is asked to fill out a survey where he can indicate that he’d like a peer mentor who is a Black or Latino man like him.

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