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Many New Jersey Colleges Eligible to Apply for Mental Health Services Funding from State

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Several New Jersey public colleges and research universities can apply for mental health services funding from the state, NorthJersey.com reported. The funds will come from the $15 million allocated for mental health services by the state. Phil Murphy This comes amid rising suicide and depression among students.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In academic year 2021-22, 45.1% years in 2021-22.” California State University, Fresno Since receiving the Seal of Excelencia in 2021, California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) has expanded its comprehensive and holistic support services to support students and families while they are still in high school. “One

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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. Hines, E.M.,

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

The Scholarly Teacher

In a meta-analysis of the service-learning literature, Salam et al. 2019) found that service-learning leads to the “overall betterment of the local community” (p. Further, combining service-learning with other HIPs results in synergistic effects for deeper learning (Reilly & Langley-Turnbaugh, 2021). Mackenzie, S.

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UC Riverside's new policing model includes safety officers

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Four campus safety responders were hired in the summer of 2021, with more likely to come. “Across the country, access to mental health services has declined, and there are growing concerns among various professionals about the lack of mental health services across our service spectrum, I think, nationally,” she said.

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Study analyzes why college students in counseling withdraw

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Isserles, a professor of sociology at the Borough of Manhattan Community College and author of the book The Costs of Completion: Student Success in Community College ( Johns Hopkins University Press , 2021), questioned whether those numbers would have been higher among students who had not sought counseling.

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6 ways leaders are rethinking their student affairs organizational charts in 2023

EAB

Given the concern for student athletes’ health and psychological well-being, we know that it is critical that these students know how to access mental health services. The National College Athletics Association (NCAA) survey discovered that less than half of all student athletes feel comfortable seeking mental health support.