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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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How Community Colleges Fuel Students' Dreams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I would also make therapy and mental health services available year-round, through the summer,” said De Luna. When I went to therapy, I was afraid of the end of the semester because my services would be cut off.” Quackenbush is pursuing a degree in nursing as she advocates for harm reduction.

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Dominican University VP builds hope for first-gen students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

For example, NowPow helps commuting students tap into community-based resources within walking distance of their homes, such as food pantries and mental health services. In 2019, Dominican redesigned our alert system to help new students stay on track academically.

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Trauma Awareness and Compassion: Essential characteristics of educational establishments seeking to address bullying

Teaching Matters Academic Support

This starts by learning to listen with an open heart and listening with compassion (Sammons, 2019, p.205). A paradigm shift: relationships in trauma-informed mental health services. And this involves a compassionate turn, to the individual(s) concerned, to ourselves and to the wider system. References Sammons, A. Scharmer, O.