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”We cannot out-hire this need”: College counselors are at their limit

University Business

A whopping 72% of faculty believe the trajectory of mental health on campus has decreased over the past year, even though 77% reported their school has increased financial commitment to its mental health services and 87% believed their school president or provost has prioritized campus mental health.

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

The Scholarly Teacher

For example, in a chemistry course, a weekly big question is, “What is stoichiometry and how do I know when to use it?” Starter Questions (Community Building) What and Why: Starter questions were utilized to create a sense of belonging and a trusting space for sharing.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Utilizing a holistic approach, its mission is to ensure that all students thrive in engineering and computer science, particularly Latino, Black and women students, who are underrepresented in these fields. Mónica de la Fuente Iglesias, an assistant professor of Spanish and director of the Certificate in Spanish Interpreting, UTA.

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Counseling centers triage students by mental health needs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Triaging Students The principle behind such screening processes is much the same as triage in a hospital emergency room, where medical professionals assess the nature and urgency of a patient’s needs. Colleges and universities that utilize triage say the goal is to assess students thoroughly, but in less time.

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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Supporting Student Success

However, the stress response undermines and utilizes limited executive cognitive functions which are necessary for learning and the demonstration of what one has learned, which can result in reduced academic performance at toxic levels (Owens et al., For these reasons, I selected this as the measure of choice utilized within my research. .

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CU health plan expands resources for mental health support

CU Work-Life Balance

A whole picture of health includes mental health, and CU Health Plans are set to offer more robust coverage for mental health services in the new plan year. The university saw increased mental health care utilization across all plans, resulting in this added coverage.

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How NAU Streamlined Student Access to Mental Health Resources

EAB

EAB’s Katie Herrmann is joined by Dr. Carl Dindo, the Director of Campus Health Services for Northern Arizona University, to discuss innovative approaches to meeting student mental health needs. We found some pretty impressive results from that, frankly. KH: Awesome, yeah, I love the QR codes.