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Baylor University Dedicates Statues of First Black Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Walker would go on to serve the public as well, spending 32 years in California’s Department of Mental Health helping patients get assistance to transition back into jobs and the community. In 2017, Walker was given Baylor’s Medal of Service for Contributions to the Professions, Christian Ministry.

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After Settlement with Howard University, Students Call for Sweeping Changes

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It all came to a head on April 23, 2017, the night of Howard’s Student Choice Awards, where Ross won Activist of the Year. Office of Human Rights, which found Howard failed to provide Ross “reasonable accommodation based on his disability.” People don’t understand the depth of how mental health affects you on a daily basis.

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Climate and global mental health

WashU Institue for Public Health

Take your pills” and “use paper straws” are two oft-heard phrases that sum up the largely reductive current discourses surrounding mental health and climate change. A 2017 article released by the UN illustrates the cruel cycle by which disadvantaged groups suffer more from climate change, making them further disadvantaged.

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A Commitment to Help Others

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Now, the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health is recognizing and honoring her with the 2023 ASPPH Early Career Teaching Excellence Award for her most recent work as a clinical associate professor at the Georgia State University School of Public Health, a role she has held since August 2017. “I

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Puerto Rican Resilience Is a Lesson for the Mainland

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

UAGM also created an assessment model to collect student feedback on their experiences in the classroom, strengthened mental health resources for students, and partnered with organizations and grant opportunities to provide childcare for their students. At the Gurabo campus, 82% of its 10,896 undergraduates are Pell eligible.

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Are you prepared for what’s next in the enrollment landscape?

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One reason is that the recent rebound comes in the context of a longer-term decline; from 2017 to 2022, four-year public institutions saw a 2.9% Also troubling is the much larger shortfall seen at two-year institutions, whose freshman enrollment dropped 22% between 2017 and 2022. That said, few admissions teams are resting easy.

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Nobody’s Perfect: Helping Students Navigate Achievement and Academic Excellence

Timely MD

“For high-achieving students, sometimes they can feel as though if things don’t go their way, their dreams are dashed and they can’t meet the goals they set for themselves,” Dr. James Raper, Associate Vice President for Health, Wellbeing, Access and Prevention at Emory, told Inside Higher Ed. Help students navigate perfectionism.