Active Minds

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The truth is you can’t pour from an empty cup, and we are hearing more and more that young people are unable to access the mental health care they need because of how expensive these services can be. Anyone over the age of 18 can also access free professional peer support sessions through our friends at Peer.net.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2024

These students also often lack access to adequate college counseling, making it more difficult to navigate the complex higher education landscape. This unequal start in education restricts their access to higher education and, by extension, the economic mobility that higher education traditionally provides.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Amna Mohammed, a freshman at Middlebury College said that when it comes to providing adequate resources to college students like herself, access is key. That makes the support feel accessible,” said Mohammad. Sometimes we don’t know when to reach out for resources." she said. "We We should know what’s available to us.

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Counseling Today

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The post Mental Health Access Improvement Act poised to pass in Congress appeared first on Counseling Today. Licensed professional counselors are one step closer to being reimbursed for mental health services to clients with Medicare.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Western Wyoming Community College has launched a new partnership to provide students with immediate access to teletherapy. Amy Galley The college, a public community college serving nearly 3,000 students across a rural and remote five-county region, selected Boston-based Uwill to increase its existing counseling capabilities for all students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2022

No matter where a student is in their educational journey, when their institution closes for the holidays, some will lose access to the mental health supports and resources they could previously count on. Campus counseling center directors just don’t have the bandwidth to do it all.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2024

Online learners face a number of hurdles when it comes to accessing mental health support, the most prominently cited one by respondents (62%) being time constraints, according to the report. And on-site campus counseling can be hard to reach for students taking their courses online, who likely don’t live near campus or are unlikely to visit.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2024

These included questions related to anxiety and depression as well as access to mental health resources. Fabián Sergio Wander, director of the counseling center and health and wellness services at Hostos Community College (Hostos) in New York, said there has been an increase in the number of students connecting with mental health services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel of the nonprofit Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). Each agreed that it is vital that institutions and policymakers take steps to combat the stymying of educational equity and access practices. “We Liann Herder can be reached at lherder@diverseeducation.com.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

Program participants get access to early advising from their college of choice, academic counseling, and financial aid, while not having to face specific tests or transfer application fees. This agreement also creates SAU’s third national HBCU Urban Access Hub. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Susan Balboni-Graham Susan Balboni-Graham has been appointed executive director of wellness and accessibility services at North Shore Community College in Massachusetts. She served as the college’s director of accessibility services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2023

Milliken The program will offer 24/7 access to services such as on-demand mental health and emotional support; scheduled mental health counseling; psychiatry; health coaching; peer support; and digital self-care content. “We The Board of Regents has consistently and proactively addressed this need.

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Counselors' Corner

JANUARY 3, 2024

As we return to our students, and during a time when the world is focused on goal setting, what better time to look at our profession and consider the big-picture changes that would improve college access. One way to help with high ratios is to make sure counselors spend their time on true counseling tasks.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2024

While states decide how long a young person can remain (or elect to remain) in the foster care system, many lose their financial and counseling supports at the age of 18 or 21. These students are offered financial aid, housing priority, counseling, and opportunities for career and leadership development.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The City University of New York (CUNY) has announced the launch of CUNY CARES , a three-year pilot program designed to boost academic success by using an integrated approach to help students access health care, mental health treatment, food and housing assistance. million into their household budgets.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 14, 2023

37% of students reported having at least one counseling or therapy session in the previous year, a seven percentage point increase from winter/spring 2021. The increase in therapy and counseling may simply be because more students are having mental health problems. It was the largest improvement since 2018.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 31, 2023

has partnered with higher ed virtual health company TimelyCare to offer students and employees free access to mental health support and medical care, starting this fall, The Robesonian reported. Students will be able to access virtual care from licensed physicians and counselors in all 50 states.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 19, 2024

The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS) has released its latest policy recommendations to make postsecondary education affordable and completable for all students. “It We count on our higher education system to help us get the professionals we need to have a vibrant economy,” said Gadkaree. “If that are helping students complete.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 30, 2023

Sherrá Watkins The panel discussion – hosted by higher ed mental health provider Mantra Health and the Steve Fund, which focuses on mental wellbeing for youth of color – was centered around how a major part of student success hinges on mental health, and how some communities may not be getting equal access to the resources they need.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2023

He also addressed utilizing evidence-based issues like homelessness and systemic barriers for people without access to mental health physicalities, recognizing trauma as a public health issue, and reframing the language in mental health through early detection screenings and in-person community screening events.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Keith Curry, president of Compton Community College, and Dr. Pam Luster, President Emerita of San Diego Mesa College, focused on creating an equitable higher education landscape and increasing access for those historically marginalized by academia. She began as a professor of psychology counseling at Chabot College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

The Net Price Calculator Improvement Act aims to improve effectiveness and access to net price calculators. And we’ve introduced a bill to improve loan counseling. The Understanding the True Cost of College Act would create a universal financial aid offer form and standardize terms used in financial aid.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Excelencia in Education, an organization working for increased access and completion of Latinx students in postsecondary education, has released its latest report on programs that have qualitatively and quantitatively shown to improve and increase the success of Latinx students in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2024

Rana is also director of the annual International Conference on Stigma , which — when it convenes in November — will enable the college to train college-age peer educators to use performing arts engagement to raise awareness and promote access. Gilead’s executive vice president of corporate affairs and general counsel, Deborah H.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

teachers, school board members, superintendents, principals) and policy makers to see, appreciate, and honor the cultural capital that students of color bring to education, counseling, and mental health services. Counseling & mental health. b. Special education over-referrals and overrepresentation.

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EAB

MAY 2, 2023

Podcast How NAU Streamlined Student Access to Mental Health Resources Episode 149. Dindo and his team have focused on connecting students with the right information, counseling, and other mental health resources in places and ways that students find most helpful. I am from the Director of NAU Counseling Services. May 2, 2023.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2024

This would make it more difficult for students from marginalized backgrounds to access and succeed in higher education, further exacerbating existing inequities. Toldson is a professor of counseling psychology at Howard University and editor-in-chief of The Journal of Negro Education. Dr. Ivory A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

These students are provided academic supports that include counseling, scholarships, and opportunities to participate in innovative science programs. “Dr. Alexander is very accessible, very approachable for students,” says Dr. Claudia Salcedo, who adds that administrators can sometimes be perceived as separate from the students they serve.

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Active Minds

MARCH 16, 2023

As you begin to plan programming that centers student well-being, another agreed-upon recommendation from our panel included finding ways to ensure that mental health care on campus remains accessible, such as including access to counseling and other mental health treatment in the student health center.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

These programs waive tuition and connect students with academic counseling to ensure their success. Through deliberate, intentional efforts to bring in students from traditionally underserved populations, WVC’s dual enrollment programs are not only building opportunity and access but impacting enrollment as well. Dr. Karen A.

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Active Minds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Foster open dialogue by establishing peer support systems, counseling services, and mental health resources. Provide Access to Resources : Ensure that teachers have access to mental health resources and support networks. Establish a confidential avenue for seeking help and counseling services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

29, the new federal spending plan is set to increase the Pell Grant in 2023, allowing low-income students a chance to access up to $7,395 each year. Toldson, professor of the counseling psychology program at Howard University and national director of education innovation and research at the NAACP, agreed. Dr. Ivory A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2023

The school will offer in Fall 2023 pre-existing undergraduate programs in physical education, allied health, exercise science, nuclear medicine technology, radiation therapy technology, health care informatics, public health and graduate programs in marriage and family therapy, mental health counseling, and school counseling.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Carol Ashley, lead counsel of the team that wrote the American Association for Access, Equity, and Diversity’s amicus brief The U.S. Peter McDonough, vice president and general counsel, American Council on Education “That’s slicing the baloney awfully thin,” responded Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

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Counselors' Corner

MAY 31, 2023

Between that sigh and the time they hit the parking lot exit, they will categorize each of the following: • What went well • What could have been better • What they’d like to do more of next year This is especially true when it comes to college counseling. Newbies share the watershed moment when they discover the current system is unfair.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Before and during COVID, most of these students vanished from our most affordable and accessible institutions – our community colleges. We don't just have a handful of counseling faculty and advisors for the Black students at Compton. Being Black-serving means we don't boast of programs that serve a finite number of Black students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2024

“It’s been an incredibly challenging and chaotic year in student loan space,” said Persis Yu, deputy executive director and managing counsel at the Student Borrower Protection Center, a nonprofit organization working to eliminate student debt. Persis Yu, deputy executive director and managing counsel at the Student Borrower Protection Center.

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