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Vassar President Dr. Elizabeth Bradley Awarded a 2023 Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal for Scholarly Work in Public Health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Elizabeth 'Betsy' Bradley She is lauded for her efforts in hospital care quality and large-scale health system strengthening in the U.S. Graham Prize for Health Services Research and having been elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2017. and abroad, having received the 2018 William B.

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Benefits of Integrating Service-Learning With Other High-Impact Practices

The Scholarly Teacher

What happens when students design their own service-learning projects involving collaborative and research-based work? This article describes two examples of public health service-learning combined with other HIPs that have resulted in high student engagement and success. 2017, October 20). Photo by Robert Lathrop.

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Universities are ousting their mental health directors

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Rando had worked at Wright State for 24 years; in 2017 he received a lifetime achievement award from the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors (AUCCCD). Meanwhile, Texas A&M combined mental health and health services under one roof. It was organizational change.

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Discovering Issues with IPEDS Completions Data

Robert Kelchen

To provide an example, the Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions master’s program at Rollins College did not report data for 2015 after reporting 25 graduates in 2013 and 24 graduates in 2014. We found consistent evidence from websites that programs continued to exist during their hiatus in IPEDS data.

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UC Riverside's new policing model includes safety officers

Confessions of a Community College Dean

for example, a team of crisis responders called CAHOOTS, or Crisis Assistance Helping Out on the Street, has been providing people with mental health support, medical care and other resources since 1989. In 2017, the team handled 17 percent of the city’s 911 calls, according to The Wall Street Journal. In Eugene, Ore.,

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Study analyzes why college students in counseling withdraw

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Factors ranging from financial stress to participation in extracurriculars can influence whether a student receiving services at their university’s counseling center will voluntarily withdraw from the institution, according to new research from Pennsylvania State University’s Center for Collegiate Mental Health.

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Tiered Approach to Teacher Well-Being

Hanover Research

According to the “2017 Educator Quality of Work Life Survey,” 61 percent of teachers and school staff “always” or “often” find work stressful. This stress may stem from high-stakes testing, class sizes, workload, responsibility for others, student behavioral challenges, or other sources.