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Federal Funding Cuts Devastate Academic Public Health Programs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

By March 2025, proposals emerged for steep budget cuts, potentially slashing NIH and CDC budgets by over 40% and eliminating entire programs and agencies like the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The economic impact extends far beyond university campuses.

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We are Not an ‘Issue’: We are Your Students of Color!!

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

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"We Know More Than What Those Damn Tests Claim to Measure”: How Tests are Inequitable for Black and Other Minoritized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Years later, as higher education faculty in gifted and talented education, school counseling, mental health, and college and career readiness, we have the same and more concerns. Since then, I have focused my scholarship on college and career readiness, and STEM for Black males. Years later, our experiences still haunt us.

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Report: Parents of Prospective College Students Worry about Cost and Safety

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Haywood Sixty percent of the parents surveyed were concerned about college cost, 40% about scholarships and 39% about the amount of debt. Parents and caretakers are always concerned about educational costs, degree competition and job placement, and if a safe and healthy campus environment is provided for their students,” said Dr. Davida L.

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An Urgent Message to Teachers and School Psychologists Working with Black and Other Minoritized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

gifted and talented, Advanced Placement, Honors). Ford School psychologists are seldom given the same attention as classroom teachers in research and other scholarship about preK-12 students. emotional and behavioral disorders, intellectual disabilities, ADHD, learning disabilities), and underrepresentation in advanced classes (i.e.,

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

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Instead, he found purpose and fulfillment instead as a mental health counselor with a terminal degree in his field and a campus administrator who cares deeply about students. Several studies have linked perfectionism to a range of mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation.

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“Move-in melt” is on the rise: Why it’s happening and 3 strategies to fight it

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Move-in melt may also be attributed to several traits we’ve learned about Gen P , including significant mental health concerns and cost-related anxieties. According to a survey conducted by EAB, 28% of first-generation students reported not feeling mentally prepared for college.