Dr. Padrón Named Co-Chair Of Century Foundation National Task Force

Miami Dade College President Eduardo J. Padrón has been named co-chair to the Century Foundation National Task Force.

The Century Foundation is assembling a task force made up of people from two-year and four-year institutions and scholars in higher education to look for ways to strengthen community colleges nation-wide.

The other co-chair is Anthony Marx, the president of the New York Public Library, and former president of Amherst College.

The Task Force on Preventing Community College From Becoming Separate and Unequal will deal with racial, social and economic issues creating a divide between two- and four-year colleges.