rolando montoya was the president of miami dade college from 1995 to 2019.
rolando montoya was the president of miami dade college from 1995 to 2019.
who is the president of miami dade college from 1995 to 2019?
rolando montoya
born in cuba, padrón was fifteen years old when he arrived in the united states as a refugee. upon arrival, padrón did not speak english and struggled in a school system that did not yet include bilingual education programs.









































after graduating from miami senior high school, padrón attended miami dade college and then earned an undergraduate economics degree from florida atlantic university. he attended graduate school at the university of florida, completing master's and doctoral degrees in economics.









































section::::miami dade college career.
eduardo j. padrón
in 2003, the college was granted the right to award baccalaureate degrees in education to meet future education needs, and currently offers three bachelor's degrees. as a result, the college changed its name again from miami-dade community college to miami dade college to reflect four-year degree possibilities. however, it is overwhelmingly a two-year college focused on awarding associate degrees. eduardo padrón, president of miami dade college, partnered with facebook to provide a curriculum for the special training of digital marketing for local business owners, students, and entrepreneurs, making mdc the first ever institution in florida that partnered with facebook to provide individuals with a college credit certificate in digital marketing. miami dade college will be the first institution in the southeastern united states to partner with tesla. starting fall 2019, the tesla start student automotive technician program will commence it's accelerated 12-week program that pays students while they are trained to become an electric vehicle technician. on february 1, 2019 eduardo padron, miami dade college president, announced that he plans to retire from the position he has held since 1995. miami dade college is been ranked number one since 2013 for the colleges on south florida that received the most enrollment for every semester.
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