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The Role of Mental Health in Workforce Development

Timely MD

Despite their overall optimism toward life after graduation, the survey revealed that nearly 7 out of 10 graduating seniors feel that the pandemic made them less prepared to enter the workforce due primarily to mental health issues. What can higher education do to better prepare students for the workforce?

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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. The Future of Higher Education: How Colleges Can Transform Their Financial Strategies.

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Health Equity, Working to Identify Effective Policy Interventions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Compared to the average person living in urban areas, people in rural communities often suffer from more inadequate access to healthcare, experience lower quality of care, and have higher mortality risk, Hung said in an email. Public health is a field inseparable from the world today, as evidenced by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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You Are Enough

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I am particularly impressed by the student-athletes who spend hours on preparation, studying, and community work, all while working to maintain a social life. This is the complicated journey of the modern-day college student-athlete. I believe that our student-athletes are under substantial pressure.

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Investing in Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Approved proposals came from a wide range of departments and fields and included funding requests for ideas such as nutrition-themed exhibits, a peer leadership and mentorship program for international students, a study abroad program in Hawaii, and a diversity career panel series for students from marginalized communities.

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100 Tactics for International Student Support

EAB

100 Tactics for International Student Support. University leaders looking to better support their international students must confront a range of challenges. For one, the international student population is a diverse segment unto itself, representing many different cultures and backgrounds. Infographic.

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Supporting the Whole Student Through Holistic Advising: Reflections on ED’s Raise The Bar Summit

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

As an international student, I’ve had my fair share of challenges navigating college life in a new country and adjusting to a new culture,” said senior Daivik Chawla.

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