Padrón to Chair AAC&U
The Association of American Colleges and Universities has elected Miami Dade College (FL) President Eduardo J. Padrón as its chair. Padrón, who served as AAC&U vice chair last year, says he looks forward to working with the organization’s members to “advance a comprehensive agenda that will help maintain the nation’s colleges and universities as the best in the world.” As MDC’s president, a post he has held since 1995, Padrón oversees the nation’s largest higher education institution—with an enrollment of more than 167,000 students. Padrón serves on the advisory board of Campus Technology magazine. (Photo courtesy Miami Dade College)