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Student Success in STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Positions such as data scientists, medical and health service managers, physician assistants, and epidemiologists highlight the immense potential need for students entering these fields. However, disparities in STEM degree attainment reflect systemic barriers that hinder progress.

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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. and abroad, having received the 2018 William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research and having been elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2017.

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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. internships).

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Recognizing Great Work in Assessment: 2nd Annual SAAL Awards!

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Moore, PhD, JD, MPH at Prairie View A & M University (HBCU ) Since 2018, Dr. Tondra L. Moore has served as the Executive Director of Health Services at Prairie View A&M University an HBCU in Texas.

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For the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, an HBCU institution, does not have a bachelor’s degree program in public health, it has other programs directly related to public health issues. With health services management they can work as managers in hospitals and in enhancing healthcare access.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since 2018, the graduation rate for Latine/x students has increased from 24% to 34%. Among the expanded resources are mental health services, food security initiatives and tailored educational pathways. Coupled with enhanced academic flexibility it has led to improved graduation rates.

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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.