# Robert McCabe

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{{Short description|American educator (1928–2014)}}
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'''Robert H. McCabe''' (December 23, 1928 – December 23, 2014) was an American [educator](/source/educator) and the President Emeritus of [Miami-Dade Community College](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Miami_Herald)}}</ref>

In December 1992, McCabe became a member of the [Non-Group](/source/Non-Group) (a civically influential group of [Miami-Dade](/source/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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