Pulse of the Center: Leveraging IPS Data to Elevate Mental Health Leadership

Pulse of the Center: Leveraging IPS Data to Elevate Mental Health Leadership

The ACHA Institutional Profile Survey (IPS) offers powerful insights into counseling center operations, staffing ratios, funding models, and delivery structures. This session will showcase how leaders are using IPS data to tell a compelling story, compare peer benchmarks, and make informed decisions at the center and cabinet levels.

This webinar is a part of the Data-Driven Decisions: Turning Numbers into Action for Campus Mental Health webinar series. Brought to you by the ACHA Health and Well-Being Executive Leaders Section.

Session Information

Format: Internet live 
Date: April 1, 2026
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Format: Internet, self-paced 
Release Date: April 2, 2026
Expiration Date: April 1, 2028

After the expiration date, this session will no longer be accessible for viewing or downloading.
CE Credit/Contact Hours must be requested by the expiration date.

Cost:
FREE

Speaker(s)

Sarah Van Orman, MD, MMM, FACHA, FACP
University of Southern California

Giang Nguyen, MD, MPH, MSCE, FACHA
Harvard University

Intended Audience

• Administrator
• Mental Health Professional 
• Student Affairs
• Health and Well-being Executive Leaders

Learning Objectives

After this session, participants should be able to:

1. Describe the structure and strategic utility of the ACHA IPS dataset.
2. Compare IPS benchmarks to peer institutions to identify opportunities for growth.
3. Apply IPS data to communicate center needs to senior leadership.

Program Planning Committee 

Sarah Van Orman, MD, MMM, FACHA, FACP
University of Southern California

Giang Nguyen, MD, MPH, MSCE, FACHA
Harvard University

For more information about this session or its speaker(s), contact education@acha.org.

Credit/Contact Hours and Disclosures

Types of Credit/Contact Hours Available

Refer to the Continuing Education Key.

• CME: 1.0 
• CHES: 1.0
• MCHES: 1.0
• NBCC: TBD

*Continuing Competency credits, when available, are listed after the total CHES/MCHES contact hours (e.g. CHES: 1.0/1.0)
**** NBCC credits are only available to attendees of the live webinar.

Deadlines

Claim your credit/contact hours or certificate on each session's Contents tab by the deadline.

If you attended the session LIVE: Credit/Contact Hours must be requested by April 15, 2026.

If you viewed the session as a RECORDING: Credit/Contact Hours must be requested by April 1, 2028. 

Relevant Financial Relationships

None of the presenters or planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Successful Completion to Obtain Credit/Contact Hours (or certificate of attendance)

Criteria for successful completion is commensurate with participation and passing of a post-test with a minimum of an 80%.

Select the "Contents" tab above (registered users only) for access to the following components. It is estimated that it will require 60 minutes to view the webinar and complete the post-test. Credit/Contact Hours must be requested by the program expiration date (see "Overview" tab above).

Step 1:  View/Attend the session in its entirety.

Step 2:  Complete the mandatory Attestation and Post-test (passing score of 80%) for CE Credit/Contact Hours. See below for post-test passing requirements.

Step 3:  Select the certificate for the type of credit/contact hour you are requesting. Select "Certificate of Attendance" if no credit/contact hour is being requested. 

Continuing Education Statements 

Continuing Education

The American College Health Association (ACHA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

ACHA designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Sponsored by ACHA, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designed for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.0 total Category 1 continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level contact hours available are 1.0. There are 0 Continuing Competency credits available..

The American College Health Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6397. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. ACHA is solely responsible for all aspects the program.

Policies 

Post-test Policy
It is the policy of the American College Health Association that when a post-test is required upon completion of a continuing education activity, participants must receive a passing grade of 80%. If participants receive a grade lower than 80%, they will be given the opportunity to re-take the post-test one time. If they receive 80% or higher the second time, they will be awarded continuing education credits/contact hours for the activity. We encourage participants to complete the post-test immediately after viewing the program.

Off-Label Product Use
This educational activity does not include any unannounced information about off-label use of a product for a purpose other than that for which it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Non-endorsement
ACHA does not endorse any products or services that are displayed or referred to in conjunction with this activity and is not responsible for the actual presentation of content during scientific sessions.

Non-discrimination 
The American College Health Association (ACHA) supports institutional, as well as legislative or regulatory initiatives to promote a campus climate guided by the values of inclusion, respect, equality and equity. ACHA rejects all forms of intolerance and bias, whether implicit or explicit. Such a climate is essential to college health and wellbeing.

Consistent with these values, ACHA rejects all forms of discriminatory conduct with respect to: age; race/ethnicity; sex; sexual orientation; gender, including gender identity and expression; marital status; physical size; psychological/physical/learning ability; religious, spiritual or cultural identity; socioeconomic status; veteran status; or any other class of persons. ACHA actively strives to eliminate bias and discriminatory conduct from all its policies, procedures, communications, actions and activities.

Commercial Support

No commercial support has been received for this activity.