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Provides research showing that the "capacity to identify, manage, and recover from painful emotions," as well as relationships with trusted adults, help protect adolescents from suicide attempts even in the face of risk factors such as depression.
Highlights data gathered in the 2009 Monitoring the Future study of American youth. Examines the explanatory effects of competitive sports participation on alcohol consumption and marijuana use as well as the nonmedical use of prescription pain relievers among American high school seniors.
Outlines the insights gained by researching five community colleges that are considered leaders in their efforts to serve veteran students well. It offers suggestions for state and federal policymakers to facilitate better support for veterans attending community colleges.
Examines the impact of a comprehensive case management intervention that is designed specifically to help low-income students overcome the multitude of barriers to college completion. It evaluates the impact of this intervention through a randomized controlled trial evaluation conducted between 2013 and 2016 in Fort Worth, Texas.
Provides a series of webinars that address campus public safety, how positive school climate can enhance school safety, and incorporating the needs of international students into emergency planning and management.
Provides background on actions faculty can take to help students with disabilities develop the self-advocacy skills and self-determination they need to be successful. Effective self-advocacy skills and self-determination are necessary for all students graduating from post-secondary education, but even more essential for those with disabilities.
Provides educators with an overview of the issue of minor sex trafficking and suggests specific steps that schools can take to respond to signs of trafficking among its students. It also offers suggestions for how State Coordinators for Homeless Education and local homeless education liaisons can help guide their states’ and school districts’ efforts to address trafficking within schools.
Discusses the important role that advising has in the success of students in community colleges. Students and faculty consistently report that advising is the most important student service that colleges offer. Recent data from the Center for Community College Student Engagement suggest that students who receive more advising—more time with advisors and more in-depth discussions in their sessions—are more engaged.
Covers the first step in a project between MDRC and the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office to study the state’s efforts to improve college outcomes for Latinos — in particular, the approaches being taken at two-year and four-year colleges that qualify as Hispanic-Serving Institutions.