Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

One student described the difficulty of needing to fit into a chair with an attached and non-adjustable desk by talking about the lack of back support and how squeezing into the chair cut into their stomach. Another student described a similar seating arrangement and how the seat “pushes you against the table, it hurt(s).”

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JUNE 28, 2023

Before coming to Otero, Alvarez was a senior fellow for NASPA (student affairs administrators in higher education) and a vice president for student affairs at North Dakota State University. His sense of curiosity drives his staff crazy, he said, because he’s always reading articles and books that he shares with them.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

counselor education (student affairs), Clemson University; and Ph.D., Means Title: Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh Age: 39 Education: B.A., sociology and political science, Elon University; M.Ed., Be open to change and new directions as a teacher, scholar, advisor, and mentor.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Bowman (left), Michigan State University’s associate dean for academic and student affairs, and other leaders from the university’s college of education. This is the first in a series of articles focused on Dr. Jerlando F. Jerlando F. Jackson meets with Kristine L. Go Green,” they tell Jackson, repeating the school’s mantra.

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Timely MD

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Expand access to mental health services One of the first steps community college leaders can take to support student mental health is to expand access to mental health services on campus. According to Dr. Karen Campbell, VP for Student Affairs, the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the urgent need for mental health support in community colleges.

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EAB

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Meeting this challenge requires a campus-wide mental health strategy, something that has traditionally been the domain of student affairs and centered on the counseling center. Surging demand requires a new approach to mental health strategy that engages the entire campus community in supporting students’ well-being.

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Timely MD

DECEMBER 15, 2023

As part of the TimelyCare GenZtressed webinar series , a panel of health equity, mental health, and student affairs leaders explored the need for and benefits of inclusive care delivery that embraces all students. Half of all TimelyCare visits happen after hours, on nights, and on weekends.

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EAB

MAY 2, 2023

And frankly, student affairs leadership that is committed to mental health. And I think that commitment, that passion that we see across our student affairs folks here at NAU at least. And so really, for us, it's about how do we leverage, I think, those relationships. Oh, what a good question.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Available Resources Students with questions should contact the Student Affairs leader in their school or division. Additionally, Johns Hopkins University offers robust services for students across all dimensions of their well-being. For further information about the potential government shutdown, read the Hub article.

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Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

MARCH 2, 2017

It’s not the single engagement event that leads to success, it’s the whole of everything that comes together to lead a student from admission to graduation. I recently read an article about the idea that all online classes should be beta-tested before they “go live” to students. Retention – Proactive and Triage.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 15, 2023

He explained how he's likely to benefit from his current experience: "I didn't realize how much of these academic and student affairs, the learning and research environments, are actually on the vice chancellors' and vice presidents' plates. He began his career as a news clerk at The New York Times.

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Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Thankfully, the student experience is one of the main drivers at play for all higher education institutions. In a recent article in Times Higher Ed, it was shared that 77% of students at US universities “think that universities should use more of their personal information to enhance their college experience.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 28, 2025

in Higher Education and Student Affairs from the University of South Carolina; Ph.D. in higher education and student affairs. For Ford, that sit-down also typifies the kind of concern for underrepresented students that is direly needed at colleges and universities in the U.S. Dont make me go back to (farming).

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 14, 2023

Throughout her career, she has been committed to student success, inclusion, and equity, leading programs for undergraduate research and curricular innovation, writing extensively on active and experiential learning and mentoring, and encouraging women and other underrepresented groups to enter the STEM fields.

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Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Additionally, we as educators and student affairs practitioners must deeply engage the voices of learners with marginalized identities, and ensure those voices are guiding our actions to begin to reduce the disparities highlighted in my research above. Within student affairs, representation in programming offered (e.g.

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Supporting Student Success

MAY 6, 2021

Below is an article originally shared in EdSurge , a higher education news publication, which shares a bit of my story — it reveals the core of my why for pursuing and persisting through higher education. Schedule the virtual coffee or happy hour, participate in the Twitter chat, rediscover the power of a hand written note.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

And so I think really important to think about, yeah, where can we be more proactive throughout the student life cycle? AS: We know for Black and Latino men in particular, one really important space, important safe haven as one article called it, in their hometown is their barbershop. JA: This is a good one.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2023

For example, Parents.com wrote an article explaining how Black teens use it differently, its affect, and potential safeguards. The article mentions safety, employment opportunities, embracing diversity, and good schools as a few of their qualities. Police response and training. Politicians. Let’s educate ourselves. Share ideas.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2023

Many are helping each other navigate their sense of duty to their students of color, to their community, to their families, and to themselves. Eventually, they documented their experiences in a 2005 article, "Retaining Each Other: Narratives of Two African American Women in the Academy."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 28, 2025

in Higher Education and Student Affairs from the University of South Carolina; Ph.D. in higher education and student affairs. For Ford, that sit-down also typifies the kind of concern for underrepresented students that is direly needed at colleges and universities in the U.S. Dont make me go back to (farming).

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Timely MD

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Keisha Jones, VP of student affairs at Davidson-Davie Community College, shares how TimelyCare keeps students connected to care beyond what campus resources can offer, with 24/7 support even in crisis situations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2025

Similarly, as argued in this article, there is a continued effort to dismantle DEI programs in higher education. Yet, on the evening of April 3, 1968, King was not only confronting a storm; he was also addressing a deeper, more pervasive, and pernicious problem, which he framed as a sickness.

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