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$2.59M Grant Supports Nurse Training to Support Underserved Patients

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students develop competency in leading therapeutic groups, implementing crisis and case management, prescribing psychotropic medications, and conducting psychotherapy. The programs are designed to meet the national competencies for PMHNP set forth by the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties.

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A Scholarship of the Underserved to Inspire Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His work in the academy includes various stints in project management, student affairs, development, and fundraising roles at Harvard Medical School, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Tuskegee University, and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. I am, therefore, especially proud that he is now a tenured professor at an HBCU.”

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NASPA Survey Reveals Further Declines in Campus Mental Health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dunkle believes that college administrations can create programming to help students develop life skills and connect with each other. They can create crisis intervention policies to help students who are in distress. The staffing needs to increase,” he said. The funding needs to increase.”

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Welcome to March-April Learning & Teaching Enhancement theme: Celebrating Best Practices

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Each post delves deeply into unique methods that effectively address today’s educational challenges, enriching student engagement and empowerment. In the final blog post of Series 4, Dr Polly Hashmi discusses the effectiveness of using vivid and humorous analogies to teach complex physiological concepts to first-year medical students.

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Mental Health and Financial Barriers Threaten College Student Success (TimelyCare)

Higher Education Inquirer

Tailoring Support for Non-Traditional and First-Generation Students: Develop targeted programs and policies, such as childcare options and evening/online classes, to support students balancing multiple roles. "Make a comprehensive list of all resources in one place." Talk about these services more openly.

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Flipped Classrooms: A Next Generation Nursing Case Study

The Scholarly Teacher

The authors concluded that the flipped classroom approach could have an impact on student learning if the students are invested in this approach; one student reported that they excelled because they were ready and motivated to learn. Flipped classrooms promote autonomy to help students develop their self-concept.

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Learning from each other: Adventures in student engagement with learning and teaching

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

We are still developing the process, and will be working on informing students about the career options within HE and providing more support for their teaching, just as we would offer staff as part of their professional development, and our aim is to have the students involved in these decision processes where possible.