{{Short description|American educator (1928–2014)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Robert McCabe | native_name = <!--The person's name in their own language, if different.--> | native_name_lang = <!--ISO 639-1 code, e.g., "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} in |native_name= instead.--> | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | order = | office = President Emeritus of Miami-Dade Community College | status = <!--If this is specified, overrides Incumbent.--> | term_end = <!-- Add data only when the actual term has ended, not for terms which will end in the future. (Per usage guideline.) --> | alongside = <!--For two or more people serving in the same position from the same district. (e.g. United States Senators.)--> | monarch = | president = | governor_general = | taoiseach = | chancellor = | governor = | deputy = | lieutenant = | vicechair = | succeeding = <!--For President-elect or equivalent--> | constituency = | majority = | predecessor = | successor = | prior_term = | order2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | office2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | term_start2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | term_end2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | alongside2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | monarch2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | president2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | governor_general2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | prime_minister2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | chancellor2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | taoiseach2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | governor2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | vice_president2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | vice_prime_minister2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | deputy2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | lieutenant2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | vicechair2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | succeeding2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | predecessor2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | successor2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | parliamentary_group2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | constituency2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | majority2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | prior_term2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> }}
'''Robert H. McCabe''' (December 23, 1928 – December 23, 2014) was an American educator and the President Emeritus of Miami-Dade Community College.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sacjtc.org/newsletters/nov01.html |title=Southern Association of Community, Junior, and Technical Community Colleges |access-date=2011-11-28 |archive-date=2012-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426005858/http://www.sacjtc.org/newsletters/nov01.html |url-status=usurped }}</ref> He won a 1992 MacArthur Fellowship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.1142781/k.9401/Fellows_List__M.htm |title=Fellows List - M - MacArthur Foundation |accessdate=2010-01-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609111408/http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.1142781/k.9401/Fellows_List__M.htm |archivedate=2011-06-09 }}</ref> He died on December 23, 2014, of cancer.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/obituaries/article4910535.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141224121253/http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/obituaries/article4910535.html| archive-date = 2014-12-24| title = Robert McCabe, Miami Dade College president and advocate for remedial education, dies at 86 {{!}} The Miami Herald| website = Miami Herald}}</ref>
In December 1992, McCabe became a member of the Non-Group (a civically influential group of Miami-Dade business and civic elites).<ref name=1992newmembers>{{cite web |last1=Saatterfield |first1=David |title=New Members Expand Non-Group Diversity |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/637594139 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription |publisher=The Miami Herald |access-date=April 16, 2026 |page=2B |date=December 19, 1992}}</ref>
==Works== *''No One to Waste: A Report to Public Decision-Makers and Community College Leaders'', Community College Press, 2000, {{ISBN|978-0-87117-330-0}} *''General education in a changing society'', Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 1978, {{ISBN|978-0-8403-7503-2}}
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