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A Call to Action: Higher Education Must Implement Culturally Responsive Mental Health Practices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There are unprecedented rates of anxiety and depression for college students. News survey revealed that 70% of 3,649 students struggled with mental health since starting college. Korean pop, salsa, Western African tradition) and rhythmic exercises have also successfully limited mental health symptoms (Conner et al.,

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Funding at Risk: How AANAPISI Programs Transform Student Lives

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mike Hoa Nguyen, an assistant professor of education at New York University, the refugee course, the multilingual writing center and ARISE program all serve as prime examples of the kind of culturally relevant courses and programming that help students from this demographic succeed.

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Why Trump’s Budget Proposal Betrays a Generation of Low-Income College Students

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Aaron Brown is the executive vice president of the Council for Opportunity in Education and a TRIO Student Support Services alumnus. Blog Revised FAFSA Release Date Pushed Back – What You Need to Know!

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School Counselors’ Crucial Role in Student Mental Health

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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 the people most engaged in programs and activities that help students develop healthy goals, mindsets, and behaviors.

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NASPA Survey Reveals Further Declines in Campus Mental Health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

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WHITNEY MCDOWELL-ROBINSON

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Whitney McDowell-Robison Whitney McDowell-Robison has been appointed vice president for student development and engagement at Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia. McDowell-Robinson has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Tougaloo and a master’s in clinical mental health counseling and a Ph.D.

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$2.59M Grant Supports Nurse Training to Support Underserved Patients

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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. “It Dr. Kathryn E.