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Student affairs, student support, or student services is the department or division of services and support for student success at institutions of higher education to enhance student growth and development. [1] People who work in this field are known as student affairs educators, student affairs practitioners, or student affairs professionals.
TRIO Programs Logo. The Federal TRIO Programs (TRIO, also stylized as TRiO) are federal outreach and student services programs in the United States designed to identify and provide services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. They are administered, funded, and implemented by the United States Department of Education.
Those LGBTQ college students who did have access to LGBTQ-specific student services at college had 44% lower odds of attempting suicide in the past year, compared to those without access to this ...
Student development theory refers to a body of scholarship that seeks to understand and explain the developmental processes of how students learn, grow, and develop in post-secondary education. [1][2] Student development theory has been defined as a “collection of theories related to college students that explain how they grow and develop ...
5 min read. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) states that all children in the U.S. have a right to a "free appropriate public education." For children with autism and children ...
v. t. e. An Individualized Education Program (IEP) is a legal document under United States law that is developed for each public school child in the U.S. who needs special education. It is created through a team of the child's parent (s), the student and district personnel who are knowledgeable about the child's needs. [1]
According to a Burning Glass Institute analysis of 2022 U.S. Census Bureau data, Bachelor’s degree holders in college-level jobs earn nearly 90% more than people with just a high-school diploma in their 20s, while 45% of college graduates are underemployed and earn 25% more than high-school graduates (not adjusting for any student loan debt ...
LGBT student centers and services are administrative offices of a college, university or students' union that provide resources and support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students. LGBT has expanded to LGBTQ2IA+ to include lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit, intersex, asexual and other identities.