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Navigating Pathways to Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Expansion and diversity in higher education (1980s-1990s) During the 1980s and 1990s, higher education in the United States underwent transformative changes marked by a significant expansion in access and a growing emphasis on diversity.

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Celebrating the Past, Mobilizing the Future: 20 Years of Active Minds

Active Minds

We inherited the Active Minds Speakers Bureau in 2010 from the National Mental Health Awareness Campaign and have proudly brought speakers to more than 1,000,000 youth and adult audiences in the years since. We are proud to be your resource for mental health programming, research, connections, and evidence-backed tools.

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Out With the Old, In With the New: Decolonizing the School Counseling Profession to Support Black Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Furthermore, school counselors can help students access resources needed to achieve a well-rounded pre-K-12 school experience to be prepared for college, careers, and adulthood. For example, counselors can use bibliotherapy (use of books to address academic and mental health issues) to work with Mason and other students.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. We believe in absolutely helping them actualize their goals and vice versa.”

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6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023

EAB

Increased unmet basic needs & mental health concerns According to a recent 2022 CCSSE report community college student mental health is worsening, and significant numbers of students are struggling with basic needs like housing and food. Thus, community colleges need to invest in basic needs to stabilize enrollment.

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The 4 stages of an integrated lifecycle approach for community college student success

EAB

Even more impressively, there has been a 4% improvement in completion rates when compared to the fall 2008 cohort. One way to keep applicants engaged is by providing proactive, consistent, customized guidance about each onboarding task in a format that is responsive and accessible. Here are three ways you can improve transfer access.

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Health at Every Size: A concept to reduce weight-centric thinking and to promote body positivity

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

A survey from 2008 found that 65% of women aged 25-45 had some variation of disordered eating and of them, 10% met criteria for eating disorders. It promotes health policies that give better access to care and reduces weight stigma. Mental Health Behavioral Health Crisis Support Team (BHCST).