E78: Dr. Michael Baston - Take Charge of your tomorrow

Dr. Michael A. Baston is the 7th President of Rockland Community
College. A national leader who helps develop comprehensive
supports that foster college completion, Dr. Baston’s work has
been featured on MSNBC, USA Today, The Atlantic, The Chronicle of
Higher Education, Community College Daily, Diverse Issues in
Higher Education, The Community College Times, and Black
Enterprise Magazine. 


Additionally, he is a contributing author to Race, Education, and
Reintegrating Formerly Incarcerated Citizens and The Handbook for
Student Affairs in Community Colleges. Dr. Baston was a member of
the inaugural class of Aspen Institute Presidential Fellows for
Community College Excellence where he explored systemic issues
affecting the educational access pipeline and student success. As
a national Guided Pathways coach for American Association of
Community Colleges, he is noted for his work with college
leadership teams around the nation, helping them integrate
student success initiatives to advance college completion. Dr.
Baston is the Co-Chair of Jobs For The Future’s Policy Leadership
Trust, a Commissioner of American Association of Community
College’s Commission on Institutional Infrastructure and
Transformation and member of the National Advisory Board of
Center for Community College Student Engagement. Dr. Baston began
his career as a public interest lawyer representing various
educational institutions and social justice organizations. His
work with academic clients led him to pursue a second career in
academia as both a professor of legal studies and business and a
student affairs administrator. Dr. Baston holds a BA from Iona
College, a JD from Brooklyn Law School, and an EdD from St. John
Fisher College.


Learn more about Dr. Baston at:


https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-a-baston-j-d-ed-d-15213053/


Rockland Community College:


https://takechargercc.com/


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