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CSUCI Names Dr. Jessica Lavariega Monforti as New Provost

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2022, Lavariega Monforti participated in a Diverse sponsored webinar titled, "Survival Strategies for BIPOC Higher Ed Administrators." During her interim tenure, Lavariega Monforti led several key initiatives, including implementation of the university's Academic Master Plan and successful reaffirmation of its WSCUC accreditation.

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Guiding Community Colleges Toward Mission Fulfillment

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Stout, recipient of the 2025 Diverse Champions Award, has focused her career on helping community colleges achieve outstanding student success. Moono, president of SUNY Schenectady County Community College. Felder, president of Harford Community College in Maryland, where Stout began her community college career in 1984.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While there are FAFSA webinars available, I believe community and family focused FAFSA and financial aid workshops in tribal communities might be an effective way to promote college going overall among indigenous students.” FDLTCC is both a tribal college and a community college part of the state system.

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Community colleges suffer from employee shortages

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Community colleges across the country are struggling to recruit and hire new people after losing faculty and staff members in droves during the pandemic. College leaders report staffing losses at all levels, including IT workers, student success professionals, dining hall workers and executive leaders, she said.

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Study: Almost One in Four Undergrads Experienced Food Insecurity

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Experts and advocates gathered for a webinar late last week to discuss the implications and potential responses to these findings. Those seeking Pell Grant expansion can’t wait around and hope for change, said panelist Dr. Keith Curry, president of Compton College and CEO of the Compton Community College District.

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How Pedagogy is Helping Students Feel Like They Belong

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Nicholas Cochrane, associate professor of business and economics at Mount Wachusett Community College. “To Now, Cochrane is an associate professor of business and economics at Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) in rural Gardner, Mass., To say I didn’t fit in was an understatement,” said Cochrane. “I

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How Higher Ed Can Help Underserved Communities Access Broadband

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mossberger presented her research at a webinar hosted by the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), a membership organization that advances the democratic purpose of higher education. You train the workforce,” said Bennett.