Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The campus-wide teletherapy initiative is expected to help provide support for Western’s diverse student population of part-time, working, and adult students. She said Uwill will be able to provide students with diverse, immediate, and effective mental health care.

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Student Minds

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Editorial Team have come together to share their thoughts on finding support at university. Student Minds Blog Editorial Team ⭐ How could you reach out for support? If you're looking for support, I would recommend going with your gut and seeking support from those you have established and trusted networks with.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

DePauw University has received its largest gift yet in the form of $200 million in support of its strategic plan. Thanks to support at this scale, we can focus on ensuring that our core academic programs and offerings are extraordinary in every way. “We higher ed institution. White said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

Although the effort has received support generally, some higher ed scholars and advocates have levied some criticisms and concerns about it. Cementing the program into law will make the existence of the higher ed support effort less uncertain, said Dr. Jhenai Chandler, senior director of college completion policy at TICAS.

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Active Minds

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

As this day can bring up a lot, I want to share three ways that allies can support transgender individuals’ mental health and be an advocate on this day: Donate to transgender-affirming non-profits. Money is power and can lead to substantial support. And you deserve all the love, kindness, and support while doing so.

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Active Minds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

American Education Week provides a crucial opportunity to shed light on an issue that continues to be ignored: the need to support the mental health of both students and educators. Supporting Students’ Mental Health Cultivate a Safe, Structured, and Inclusive Environment : Invest in a school environment where students feel safe and valued.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

APRIL 23, 2024

In Massachusetts , the state-funded Supporting Urgent Community College Equity Through Student Services (SUCCESS) program provides community college students with wraparound services including tutoring, academic advising, financial aid counseling, and career guidance.

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Active Minds

MARCH 31, 2023

This constant questioning has had a major impact on my mental health, and it has helped me to realize just how crucial support for Transgender people is in helping us to lead long and happy lives. At the same time, LGBTQ+ youth who felt high social support attempted suicide at half the rate of those with low or moderate support.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

While many of the immediate concerns in postsecondary education arenas are centered on admissions policies and scholarship support, the potential damage of eliminating affirmative action extends to employees across higher education and beyond. Here are four ways that institutions can provide practical support: 1.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

One of the fundamental aspects of supporting students on their route to industry recognized credentials is starting these pathways early. Higher education institutions can further support middle and high school students by partnering to offer specialized programs, certifications, or courses that directly align with industry needs.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 1, 2024

To elevate strategies that ease the strain of those challenges to support student success and completion, the U.S. Department of Education and IHEP convened the summit focused on holistic advising and wraparound support services. Not knowing where to find guidance is a common challenge faced by many of today’s college students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 29, 2024

Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) face systemic challenges in accumulating substantial endowments, according to a new joint study by UNCF (United Negro College Fund) and PGIM, the global asset management business of Prudential Financial, Inc.

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Active Minds

APRIL 13, 2023

This can include creating name tags to wear during the day explaining why you are participating in Day of Silence, sharing resources to support LGBTQ+ peers, and organizing a “breaking the silence” event at the end of the day. Our advocacy efforts in supporting LGBTQ+ students can’t end here, however.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 2, 2023

Generation Hope, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting student parents, has recently created a new three-year national certification to recognize and highlight institutions actively and effectively working towards success for this population. Additionally, one institution will be awarded $25,000, and one nonprofit will get $15,000 award.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 5, 2023

Dozens of Seton Hall University students and supporters staged a sit-in at Presidents Hall on campus last week to protest the school’s alleged lack of support for its Africana Studies program, NJ.com reported. A Change.org petition supporting Africana Studies at Seton Hall had 1,800 signatures as of last week.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 16, 2023

We can do what this nation has never done, and that is to properly support and fund this nation’s HBCUs. With the support of foundations such as Ford, Knight, MacArthur, Robert Woods Johnson and Open Society, I was able to raise more than $25 million in funding — which is more than the entire endowments of many HBCUs — to build the center.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

With state support, Georgia’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) could be made into even stronger centers of education and economic opportunity, according to a recent report. Sonya Halpern, chair of the study committee.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2023

Carolyn Terry The annual Delphi Award – sponsored by the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and the University of Southern California’s Pullias Center for Higher Education – commends and rewards schools giving support to non-tenure-track, contingent and/or adjunct faculty, according to its website.

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Active Minds

APRIL 4, 2023

One of the key points in understanding the importance of supporting mental health policy and advocacy is recognizing that we all have mental health, and our mental health interacts with various social issues. Advocating for mental health directs public attention to issues like these, and underscores the need for adequate support.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The model we have running family-to-family support through a university is unique in the country and comes with benefits that are particularly helpful in a rural state like Idaho,” said Idaho State professor Dr. Kristina Blaiser, grant recipient and HEAR program principal investigator. “The

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Austin Community College (ACC) will offer free food, housing services, and family support as part of an effort to strengthen student services, KXAN reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2023

City Colleges of Chicago’s (CCC) partnership with One Million Degrees (OMD) will begin at Malcolm X College this fall, providing students at the college dedicated support towards academic and career success. The multimillion-dollar program provides “holistic wrap-around support model,” said Aneesh Sohoni, CEO of OMD.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In Massachusetts , the state-funded Supporting Urgent Community College Equity Through Student Services (SUCCESS) program provides community college students with wraparound services including tutoring, academic advising, financial aid counseling, and career guidance.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 28, 2023

She hopes to continue supporting UCLA’s golf programs, she said. Forsyth’s coaching career is gilded with accolades, including the NGCA Coaches Hall of Fame in 2011; WGCA’s National Coach of the Year in 2004; and Golfweek National Coach of the Year in 2011. I'm an old-timer. I've been around forever,” Forsyth said. “So

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

Over half of Americans (54%) support allowing college athletes to be paid for sports-related business ventures using their name, image, and likeness (NIL), according to a recent poll from market research and consulting firm Ipsos. By in large, Americans support that. So to me it makes sense that Black Americans are broadly supportive."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Amidst these ongoing and widening challenges, college and university leaders have a responsibility to ensure they are supporting and fostering greater inclusion for LGBTQ+ students. Equally important is to set a tone that it's okay to need support. Dr. Dick Senese Here’s how. Demonstrate Commitment. Train Faculty and Staff.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has received $1 million to support students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in Maryland. More importantly, we're proud to partner with UNCF once again in support of Maryland's HBCU community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The largest – there were four – was at the College Avenue location in New Brunswick, which saw the participation of hundreds of supporters and some union leaders, such as American Association of University Professors President Dr. Irene Mulvey. “We Rutgers University faculty held rallies Dec.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Mott Community College (MCC) has received $156,000 to implement an initiative aimed at better supporting immigrant, refugee, and first-generation students, The County Press reported. Mott Community College MCC’s initiative is called Pathways to Success: Empowering Immigrant Futures (EIF). The grant – from the Michigan Dept.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Known to many as Dreamers, DACA recipients, and undocumented students, it’s easy for them to slip through the cracks without getting the educational support or resources they deserve. But higher education institutions can support students of different immigration statuses regardless of our policymakers' actions. Show support.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2023

A Chicago-based student support program for community college students is set to drastically expand its reach and the number of students it serves. OMD has always thought of itself as a college support program, not a college access program,” Hallberg said. I come from a disadvantaged community. And this worked.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2023

Rider University is partnering with the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District in New Jersey for a program that helps school district support staff become teachers amid a national shortage. Such employees include instructional assistants, cafeteria aides, custodians, bus drivers, secretaries, and other support staff.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2023

The University of Texas (UT) System is partnering with virtual health company TimelyCare to launch a free, virtual mental health support program for students at all 14 UT institutions. The program is set to begin Fall 2023.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2023

School counseling programs can significantly address students’ challenges by providing a safe and supportive environment for students to discuss their concerns, connect with resources, and develop coping strategies. It bewilders us that the priority seems to be for policing not protecting, for sanctioning not supporting.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

DukeLIFE (Lower-Income, First-Generation Engagement) is dedicated to supporting the 20% of Duke’s student population that identifies as first-generation, low-income (FGLI). The office offers academic and financial support, faculty and resource connections, and peer mentorship.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 24, 2023

Integrating a therapy dog into the classroom increases mental health support for nursing students, according to a recent study from Saint Louis University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Dr. Denise Bartell For institutions to truly transform students’ experiences in the classroom, they must support the faculty experience as well. Working together, faculty reflected on their Ascend data and identified SEP resources to support the constructs they wished to improve.

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