Kent State President Todd Diacon to discuss access, affordability in higher education at June 16 Akron Roundtable

AKRON, Ohio – The June 16 Akron Roundtable will attribute Kent Point out University President Todd Diacon.

Diacon will examine entry and affordability in public larger training at the function, which is scheduled for midday at Quaker Station, 135 South Broadway St., in Akron.

He will discuss about the initially two waves of access to community larger education and learning and the approaching 3rd wave, alongside with adjustments in who pays for the value of acquiring a college or university education and learning, with Kent State serving as an illustration of these tendencies.

Diacon became Kent Condition University’s 13th president in July of 2019. He has far more than 30 decades of expertise in increased education leadership. His dedication to higher education affordability and entry have been identified nationally and led to enhanced university student retention, graduation prices and educational accomplishment.

A native of Wellington, Kansas, Diacon joined the college as provost in 2012. Considering that then, he has labored to extend Kent State’s worldwide presence though working to recruit and encourage much more diverse school, together with leaders in the fields of aviation, engineering, brain health, liquid crystals and peace and conflict scientific studies.

He acquired a bachelor’s diploma from Southwestern College in Kansas and master’s and doctoral degrees from the College of Wisconsin. Diacon’s locations of know-how involve agrarian background and the record of central state electrical power in Brazil.

Diacon has created publications about student accomplishment and the administration of increased schooling. He has also published journal content and two publications, like “Stringing Collectively a Nation,” which received the Warren Dean Memorial Prize in 2005 for the most significant reserve on Brazilian heritage.

Tickets to the event are $25 and contain lunch. To sign up for the celebration, check out the Akron Roundtable site.

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