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An Inclusive Approach to Increasing Access to Student Mental Health Services

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At Montgomery County Community College (MCCC), we take a slightly different approach to supporting the mental health of our students, centering around facilitating access and removing barriers to care. Students can talk to a licensed provider any time of the day and can receive traditional scheduled counseling and psychiatry support.

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Report: Degree Completion Rate Tied to Number of Credits Taken Per Year

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The number of academic credits a student takes per year has ties to their likelihood to graduate and complete their college journey, a new report from course scheduling company Ad Astra found. Siloes in the schedule build often lead to unintended barriers to student progression. Data on Northeast Lakeview is included in the report.

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University of Miami Computer Science Student Fuels “Accelerate Tech” Pilot Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Davenport, a freshman computer science major from Washington Township, New Jersey is the first facilitator for a new computer science “Accelerate Tech” pilot program that has been incorporated into the Saturday school programming at Earlington Heights Elementary School. Not everyone knows or understands that.

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Fellowship Program Highlights the Work of Disabled Scholar-Activists

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The schedule quickly proved taxing, overpacked with guest lectures and not inclusive of enough rest or rapport-building time. Throughout the month, the program staff altered the schedule in response to the fellows’ requests for more cohort-only time. The dorms on the SFSU campus weren’t fully accessible.

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University of Rochester Black Studies Department to Accelerate Cluster-Hiring

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University of Rochester Though the school and department had initially planned to cluster-hire faculty for the department over the next five years, the new influx of funding – via the foundation’s Higher Learning program – will allow them to expedite their schedule, said Dr. Jeffrey Q. McCune, Jr.,

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

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Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. The dashboard is available through the Office of Student Success. “By

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Demotion of USC Administrator Leads to Accusations of Racism

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The collective accuses the USC Chan administration of handicapping a student forum that they had agreed to host about the demotion by refusing to promote it, scheduling it for too small a room, and not enabling virtual attendance.