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FIU Receives $6 Million to Improve Access to Mental Health Services in Miami-Dade County Public Schools

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Florida International University (FIU) has received $6 million to help improve access to mental health services for students in Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS). There is currently a shortage of such mental health service providers. The five-year grant came through the U.S.

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Student Success in STEM

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Positions such as data scientists, medical and health service managers, physician assistants, and epidemiologists highlight the immense potential need for students entering these fields. To ensure equity in STEM education, colleges and universities must take proactive steps to recruit, support, retain, and graduate minority students.

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ASU Launches Online Community Health Worker Training Program

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Those who complete the program will be eligible for voluntary certification through the Arizona Department of Health Services. Michael Weahkee of Phoenix Area Indian Health Service. Full-time participants will receive a $7,500 stipend, $1,000 of which will pay for program costs.

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How to turn recruitment promises into real results

University Business

Recruitment is about more than getting students to say yes. The student experience is the glue that holds retention, trust and academic success together, and when admissions and recruitment strategies work hand-in-hand with academics, the result is a thriving, engaged student community. Canisius University in Buffalo, N.Y.,

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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We are very intentional in how we recruit, retai Dr. Jose Fierro n and support completion to our diverse student body,” says Dr. Jose Fierro, president. “We From recruitment and access to graduation and beyond, our campus has been able to provide the data and the outcomes for how we ensure that our Latinx students thrive.”

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Webinar: Mental Health Equity on Campuses Requires More Extensive Work

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Schools recruit students from diverse backgrounds but fail to recognize and learn from the histories that come with such backgrounds, Elbert said. "We We are recruiting students from inner cities and bringing them to our campuses without acknowledging the trauma that they are experiencing before they come to our campuses,” Elbert said.

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Dartmouth Launches Fellowship Program for STEM Diversity

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Akré, now an assistant professor of health policy and clinical practice at the Dartmouth Institute whose work focuses on how structural inequities effect access to health care for vulnerable populations, is the first recipient of Dartmouth’s new E.E. In health services, marginalized populations are often left empirically invisible.