Higher Education
e-Digest
Volume 5 / Issue 12
May 24, 2017
In This Issue:
SPOTLIGHT: Community Colleges
This month we highlight the important role that community colleges have in providing affordable and accessible educational opportunities. Below you can find resources related to community colleges and the impact they have on students and communities.   

RESOURCES
FROM FEDERAL PARTNERS
NEW RESOURCES
IN THE NEWS

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Colleges and Universities Tap Mobile to Get Real-Time Feedback on Students' Campus Experience
eCampus News , May 2, 2017

Reducing Barriers to Transfer for Community College Students
Higher Education Today , May 1, 2017

With Number of Student-Parents Up, Availability of Campus Child Care is Down
The Hechinger Report , April 27, 2017

How One Student Turned Her Struggles with Homelessness Into a Crusade
USA Today , April 27, 2017

Cutting Back on Remediation Yields Success
Community College Daily , April 26, 2017

Association of American Universities Releases Report of Universities' Efforts to Combat Sexual Misconduct
University of Florida News , April 26, 2017

Hazing Prevention Methods for Schools and Universities
Campus Safety Magazine, April 24, 2017

Students Who Attend College Full Time Even One Semester Are More Likely to Graduate
Inside Higher Education , April 19, 2017

Tennessee College Work Sets a National Example, Report Says
The Tennessean , April 18, 2017

Access Culture: Student-Centricity and Supporting Underserved Populations
The Evolllution , April 17, 2017

New York's Tuition-Free College Program Sparks Debates and Defenses
Inside Higher Education , April 17, 2017

When It Pays to Start at a Community College
The Wall Street Journal , April 9, 2017
RECENT RESEARCH

Feasibility and Acceptability of Text Messaging to Assess Daily Substance Use and Sexual Behaviors Among Urban Emerging Adults
Bonar, E. E., et al. (April 2017). Addiction Research & Theory

Cosgrove, H. E., Nickerson, A. B., & DeLucia, J. (April 2017). Journal of College Counseling

Golubovic, N., & Dew, B. J. (April 2017). Journal of College Counseling

Gubner, N. R., Thrul, J., Kelly, O. A., & Ramo, D. E. (April 2017). Addiction Research & Theory

Knol, L. L., Robb, C. A., McKinley, E. M., & Wood, M. (April 2017). American Journal of Health Education

Sobell, L. C., et al. (April 2017). Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research

Alcohol-Induced Risky Sexual Behavior Among Socially Anxious Drinkers
Terlecki, M. A., et al. (April 2017). Addiction Research & Theory

Meaning in Life in College Students: Implications for College Counselors
Trevisan, D. A., Bass, E., Powell, K., Eckerd, L. M. (April 2017). Journal of College Counseling

College Student Cyberbullying: Self-Esteem, Depression, Loneliness, and Attachment
Varghese, M. E., & Pistole, M. C. (April 2017). Journal of College Counseling

Motivation for and Use of Social Networking Sites: Comparisons Among College Students With and Without Histories of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
Jarvi, S. M., Swenson, L. P., & Batejan, K. L. (March 2017). Journal of American College Health

Illness Uncertainty and Illness Intrusiveness as Predictors of Depressive and Anxious Symptomology in College Students with Chronic Illnesses
Mullins, A. J., et al. (March 2017). Journal of American College Health

Factors Influencing College Women's Contraceptive Behavior: An Application of the Integrative Model of Behavioral Prediction
Sutton, J. A., & Walsh-Buhi, E. R. (March 2017). Journal of American College Health

Alcohol-Related Blackouts, Negative Alcohol-Related Consequences, and Motivations for Drinking Reported by Newly Matriculating Transgender College Students
Tupler, L. A., et al. (March 2017). Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research
UPCOMING WEBINARS AND CONFERENCES

Webinars

Tuesday, May 30, 2017, 3:00-4:30 PM ET
SAMHSA

Conferences

May 31-June 1, 2017, Meridian, MS 

National Center for Biomedical Research and Training

 

2nd Annual DC Trauma-Informed Sexual Assault Investigation and Adjudication Institute

June 12-16, 2017, Washington, DC
National Center on Campus Public Safety

June 19-21, 2017, Lawrence, KS

AIHEC

 

Integrating Primary and Behavioral Health Care Through the Lens of Prevention

June 27-30, 2017, Fort Worth, TX

Southwest Prevention Center, University of Oklahoma

 

National Collegiate Recovery Conference

July 11-13, 2017, Washington, DC

Association of Recovery in Higher Education

 

National Sports Safety and Security Conference and Exhibition

July 11-13, 2017, Orlando, FL

National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security

 

Camp Pride and Advisor Bootcamp: Summer LGBTQ Leadership Academy

July 18-23, 2017, Charlotte, NC

Campus Pride

 

Engineering Healthy Communities

July 23-27, 2017, Atlanta, GA

Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America


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