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Report: Caring Campus Program Tied to Increased Connection for Students and Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Caring Campus, a program to have faculty contribute to fostering a culture of caring for students at schools, is related to observable benefits, according to a recent report by the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University.

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Driving Global Economic Success Through Diversity and Prosperity in STEM Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For generations, STEM education has remained an integral approach to learning and development, helping students develop the critical thinking tools that are vital to an ever-evolving world. Despite the incremental increase in women entering STEM fields, there are far fewer female workers in computing and engineering than men.

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A Call to Action: Higher Education Must Implement Culturally Responsive Mental Health Practices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For college students, the most likely SDOH were food insecurity, transportation, safety, social support, and housing (Nazmi et al., For racially minoritized students, these factors must also be considered, given the likelihood that they may struggle with financial concerns and associated risks.

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10 Best Practices for Supporting College Students’ Mental Health

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“Had we not partnered with TimelyCare, we’d have lost a tremendous amount of students, faculty, and staff at the university,” said Leroy Durant, Vice President for Student Development & Services at Claflin University. “I I believe my staff would have probably told me, ‘This is too much.

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More than Homecoming: Students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities Have Long Advocated for Voting Rights

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Before education was integrated in the 1950s and 1960s, HBCUs educated most Black college students. HBCUs played a vital role in developing Black social and political consciousness among students. North Carolina has had photo identification laws since 2018, but this is the first presidential election with the new requirements.