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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Village is located near campus and provides wraparound services including case management, counseling and tutoring. Dr. Lynn Mahoney “We have been tracking the effectiveness of numerous programs, including peer mentoring and learning communities as well as student progress to graduation,” says SFSU president Dr. Lynn Mahoney.

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Importance of mental health during university studies

Student Minds

Ellen explores the importance of mental health during one's university years as well as strategies to nurture and maintain it. At the same time, it can be a period of intense stress and mental health challenges because you are about to start something new. In my case, we had personal tutors and we could talk to them.

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How to Achieve HSI Status: Intentionality

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This includes working on retention strategies that emphasize information on financial aid and mental health services as well as continuing to build a sense of belonging. Sam Houston’s academic success center offers one-on-one tutoring and mentoring. The college also has two bilingual peer mentors.

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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The tutoring and academic counseling were crucial to her success. We hire a lot of students to be peer mentors, peer counselors, peer learning facilitators, which are basically tutors,” he continues. The peer mentors are recruited from UCLA’s undergraduate student body and are usually former participants in AAP.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There is tutoring and mentoring, and Espiritu designed a model in which second-year students mentor first-year students. This continues after graduation when students attending four-year institutions mentor second-year EPW students. Latino faculty at UTA closely mentor the students.

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Investing in Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two of the ongoing initiatives were Hostos’s Research Center and its Mentor/Mentee Jobs on Campus program. The mentors] ensure that students are on-track academically, and also provide students with guidance and career development supports.” The 2023-24 school year saw 12 pilot initiatives implemented, Oviedo says.

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How an autism diagnosis encouraged me to thrive in education

Student Minds

After two years at College studying Animal Care and Management, I was entirely burnt out and a victim of my evolving mental health difficulties – Including an ongoing battle with Anorexia Nervosa. Alongside impeccable support from my Personal Tutor, and other Lecturers, I had been assigned a disability mentor.

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