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

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

The purpose of the SAAL awards is to to recognize the assessment work of members that advances the field of student affairs assessment and furthers the mission and values of SAAL. Faculty Champion Award Individual award to highlight a faculty member who has contributed to the scholarship or teaching of Student Affairs assessment.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In addition to support services that include financial aid and academic advising, an example of supporting Latinx student success is the CSUSB Impact Internship, developed by the university’s Undocumented Student Success Center. This is a paid, on-campus internship for undocumented students at CSUSB. “By

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

EAB

6 ways leaders are rethinking their student affairs organizational charts in 2023. Between a pandemic, a national racial reckoning, and increasing challenges to the higher education business model, student affairs leaders have spent the past few years looking for ways to innovate and collaborate more effectively across the cabinet.

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Combating Gender-Based Violence on College Campuses Must Start at the Top

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Our research suggests that few campuses have adopted proactive or comprehensive approaches that move the bar on this important issue. Prevention, research, and survivor support efforts are currently highly fragmented across higher education. Indeed, an October 2023 report from the U.S.

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Colleges Increasingly Prioritize Mental Health, Survey Shows

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Out of the 131 NASPA members who responded to the survey, 72 percent reported that the mental health of students, faculty and staff at their institution had worsened over the past year. “What makes the findings of this research stand out is the focus on strengths of our systems.

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The new era of mental health counseling on college campuses

University Business

Universities, once struggling to keep up with the surge in demand for counseling during the pandemic, have since scaled up their support services thanks to an outpouring of financial help from various nonprofits , donors, state legislatures and the federal government. When students get overwhelmed, they tend to isolate.”