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

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Now they use the logic model book to work with one another on outcomes and programming initiatives that they didnt even know were happening in other areas. Moore has served as the Executive Director of Health Services at Prairie View A&M University an HBCU in Texas. Logic models have increased their staffs curiosity.

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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.

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Charlie Baker Goes to the NCAA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

During his first year in the role, Baker has shepherded the Student Athlete Holistic Policy for D-I, which guarantees scholarships and access to mental health services. If someone had asked Baker at the time about his plans post his governorship in 2022, he says that serving as NCAA president would not have been on the list. “I

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How Community Colleges Fuel Students' Dreams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Du Bois was right: education doesn’t just teach books; it’s supposed to be teaching life.” 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.” asked Shegog.

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Anchors Away: Building Community, Mindfulness, Equity, and Reflection

The Scholarly Teacher

For example, the health services medical director led the participants through breathing exercises. Content What and Why: The book used to guide our teaching and learning workshops was the evidence-based Engaged Teaching: A Handbook for College Faculty (Barkley & Major, 2022).

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The Dark Legacy of Elite University Medical Centers

Higher Education Inquirer

In recent years, books like Medical Apartheid by Harriet Washington have illuminated the history of medical abuse, but they also serve as a reminder that inequality in healthcare goes far beyond race and touches upon the economic and social circumstances of individuals. where medical costs often lead to unequal access to care.

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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. percent and 2.7