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Health Equity, Working to Identify Effective Policy Interventions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hung is assistant professor of health services policy and management in the University of South Carolina’s (USC) Arnold School of Public Health. Since 2009, she’s been engaged in research relating to health services and health equity, she said. “My She has spent the better part of 14 years in this field.

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Professors at University of Illinois at Chicago begin strike

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: University of Illinois at Chicago faculty members began striking Tuesday after their union said 12 hours of negotiations with administrators on Martin Luther King Jr. when they passed us a counter that indicated that they had no interest in resolving our differences,” the union, UIC United Faculty, wrote on its website.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The faculty and staff overseeing EPW know each student personally. “I Developing individual supports for each student.” “It is estimated that over 7 million people speak Spanish in Texas,” says Rueda-Acedo, who from 2005–13 was the sole faculty member. Latino faculty at UTA closely mentor the students.

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How to Achieve HSI Status: Intentionality

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This includes working on retention strategies that emphasize information on financial aid and mental health services as well as continuing to build a sense of belonging. Hiring practices have been implemented to help attract and retain Hispanic faculty.

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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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Universities are ousting their mental health directors

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“I am writing to inform you that Counseling and Wellness Services is undergoing a restructuring that will involve a transition in leadership,” Taylor wrote in the email, which was provided to Inside Higher Ed. ” Concerning Trends With student mental health remaining a top concern for U.S. It was organizational change.

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Frustrated DEI staff are leaving their jobs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Ross, who is Black and has a doctorate in social work, was hired by Princeton’s health services department in part to provide a culturally sensitive approach to violence prevention and support for sexual abuse survivors. Institutional culture can have a major impact on a DEI officer’s experience, Creary said.

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