Webber International University President Dr. H. Keith Wade Appointed to National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) Committee on Student Aid

Babson Park, FL (07/06/2021) — Dr. H. Keith Wade, President and CEO of Webber International University has been appointed to National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) Committee on Student Aid.

Representing nearly 1,000 private, not-for-profit colleges and universities, NAICU's mission is to ensure that student aid programs continue to provide all Americans with access to the college of their choice, promote tax policy that helps families save and pay for college, and help private colleges fulfill their distinctive missions. In advancing NAICU's efforts to ensure adequate funding for the core student aid programs, the Committee on Student Aid sets NAICU's policy agenda, including federal funding issues and examination of options available to students for financing their college education.

"For many students and their families, how to afford college is a paramount concern," said Wade. "I'm proud to help NAICU's in its accessibility efforts. Higher education is not 'one size fits all', and access to high quality higher education -- at the school right for that individual student -- transforms individual lives and our world."

Wade also serves on the Executive Council of and as the Chair of the Florida Delegation to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) and as an Examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest award for quality. Wade holds a bachelor's of arts in management with a minor in philosophy, a master of arts in organizational managmeent, and a doctor of business administration in management. He is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified in Financial Management (CFM), and a Six Sigma Black Belt with Lean Certification.

Established in 1927 by Roger Babson as the first college chartered under Florida's then new charitable and educational laws, and America's second school of business for women, Webber's campuses in Babson Park, FL (residential); Charleston, SC; Charlotte, NC; Columbia, SC; Laurinburg, NC (residential); Miami Lakes, FL (opening 2021); Pinehurst, NC; and West Palm Beach, FL (opening 2021) now educate men and women from over 50 different nations. Degrees are offered at the associates, bachelors, and masters level through traditional day, accelerated night and weekend, and entirely on-line formats. Joining Webber as a branch campus in 2011, St. Andrews University is an historically Presbyterian, comprehensive liberal arts school tracing its roots back to 1896. The University features highly qualified faculty, highly engaged staff, small class size, and a wide array of intercollegiate sports and other extracurricular activities. The University has been recognized as a US News and World Reports Best Regional Colleges: South, a Princeton Review Best Southeastern College, has earned Petersons' top marks for academics, value and community, and has been designated a Military Friendly School. The University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, and numerous programs have earned additional programmatic accreditations.

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