Tag: Board of Trustees

Board Of Trustees Select New Timeline To Find MDC’s Next President—Again

Last March, Miami Dade College’s Board Of Trustees promised that the school’s fifth permanent president would be hired by July 24.   When the search fell...

Board of Trustees Scholarship Available To Students

Applications are being accepted for Miami Dade College’s Board of Trustees Award.  Eight students—one from each Miami Dade College campus—are selected to receive the $5,000...

Board Of Trustees Extends Presidential Search, Cites Coronavirus As Reason

The yearlong saga to find Miami Dade College's fifth permanent president took another setback Tuesday when the Board of Trustees unanimously voted to extend...

MDC Professors Protest Presidential Search, Say ‘Its The Death Of Education’

Carrying a wooden coffin down 104th street in front of Kendall Campus, a conga line of professors protested what they feel is a lack...

Questions Of Transparency Arise In Miami Dade College’s Presidential Search

By Heidi Perez-Moreno and Corbin Bolies Nearly a year after the Board of Trustees started looking for Miami Dade College’s next president, questions about the...

Trustees Restart Presidential Search Process; Here Is What You Need To Know

The Board of Trustees laid the groundwork for selecting a search committee that will be charged with selecting Miami Dade College’s fifth permanent president...

The Cost Of Hiring A College President

By Heidi Perez-Moreno and Corbin Bolies The hunt to find Eduardo J. Padrón’s successor has been filled with uncertainty, but one thing is clear—it will...

Firm Emerges As Frontrunner To Conduct MDC Presidential Search

AGB Search, a prominent academic headhunting firm that conducted Broward College’s presidential search in 2018, has emerged as the frontrunner to lead Miami Dade...

Miami Dade College Severs Ties With The Confucius Institute

Miami Dade College has cut ties with the controversial Confucius Institute, a Chinese-state funded program that incorporates Chinese culture into Western institutions.  In a letter...

Here Is Who Was Selected To Be MDC’s Interim President

By Heidi Perez-Moreno and Corbin Bolies Miami Dade College’s Board of Trustees selected Rolando Montoya, who retired from the College three years ago as College...

Padrón Opts To Not Stay As MDC President; Last Day Will Be Friday

Eduardo J. Padrón, who built Miami Dade College into a higher education juggernaut during his 25 years as president, will not stay on past...

Last Candidate Standing In Miami Dade College Presidential Search—For Now.

Who is Lenore Rodicio? “I am not Eduardo Padrón,” Rodicio emphatically told the Board of Trustees during her finalist interview on July 24, minutes before...