What Works for Improving Mental Health in Higher Education?
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6/14/2023 12:00 PM
6/14/2023 1:00 PM
Format: Online
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Program Type: Webinar

Webinars are free, 30- to 90-minute virtual events. ACE experts, campus leaders, and other voices from within and beyond higher education discuss critical questions and promising practices around a timely topic. Registrants have the opportunity to share their questions during the live event and to access the recording afterward.

About the Webinar

The mental health crisis in higher education impacts entire campus communities, and senior leaders are looking for ways to best address it. In this webinar, the authors of What Works for Improving Mental Health in Higher Education?, a Mental Health in Higher Education series brief, will unpack evidence-based practices that support student mental health and the importance of assessment before and after interventions. This discussion will center on evaluation, data, what works, what has little evidence, and what can impact the future of mental health on campus.

Speakers
Hollie Chessman
Director & Principal Program Officer
Education Futures Lab
​Hollie M. Chessman is the director of research and practice and the resident college student mental health and well-being expert at the American Council on Education (ACE). Chessman joined ACE in December 2018, bringing almost 20 years of professional...
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Hollie Chessman - Director & Principal Program Officer - Moderator
Moderator
Hollie Chessman
Director & Principal Program Officer
Education Futures Lab
Sara Abelson
Assistant Professor, Urban Health and Population Science, and Senior Director, The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University; Co-investigator, Healthy Minds Network
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Sara Abelson - Assistant Professor, Urban Health and Population Science, and Senior Director, The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University; Co-investigator, Healthy Minds Network - Panelist
Panelist
Sara Abelson
Assistant Professor, Urban Health and Population Science, and Senior Director, The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University; Co-investigator, Healthy Minds Network
Daniel Eisenberg
Professor of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles; Principal Investigator, Healthy Minds Network
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Daniel Eisenberg - Professor of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles; Principal Investigator, Healthy Minds Network - Panelist
Panelist
Daniel Eisenberg
Professor of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles; Principal Investigator, Healthy Minds Network
Sarah Ketchen Lipson
Assistant Professor, Health Law, Policy, and Management, School of Public Health, Boston University; Principal Investigator, Healthy Minds Network
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Sarah Ketchen Lipson - Assistant Professor, Health Law, Policy, and Management, School of Public Health, Boston University; Principal Investigator, Healthy Minds Network - Panelist
Panelist
Sarah Ketchen Lipson
Assistant Professor, Health Law, Policy, and Management, School of Public Health, Boston University; Principal Investigator, Healthy Minds Network
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About the Series

Mental health continues to be a top priority and concern for higher education leaders. The Mental Health in Higher Education series highlights and discusses critical issues around mental health for faculty, staff, and students. Each webinar is designed to complement topical briefs released by ACE throughout 2022 and 2023. Topics include faculty and staff burnout, critical questions to ask before contracting with a teletherapy provider, evidence-based practices that support mental health, and information from counseling center directors on what they want leaders to know and what they should do about mental health.

Recording

This event was recorded on June 14 and provides American Sign Language interpretation.

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