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University of Maine; University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Philip Day
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He is also the former president of Daytona Beach Community College, Cape Cod Community College in Massachusetts, and Dundalk Community College in Baltimore, Maryland. He obtained his M. Editor in Counselor Education from State University of New York-Buffalo, his Bachelor of Surgery in Psychology at the University of Maine and his Editor.D in Adult and Higher Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In December 2007, the Board of Directors of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) named Doctor Day as the Association’s new president and Chief Executive Officer. Day succeeded Dallas Martin who retired after 32 years as NASFAA’s Chief Executive Officer and President.
On July 9, 2009, NASFAA announced that he was taking unpaid leave because he had been indicted for misdirecting public money while at the City College of San Francisco.
He resigned on July 23. On May 6, 2009, "San Francisco District attorney"s investigators raided City College of San Francisco on Wednesday, seeking evidence that college officials had illegally spent public money on donations to education-related political campaigns.
A copy of a search warrant served on the college shows that investigators are scrutinizing the actions of former Chancellor Philip Day, who left the college last year to work for an education lobbying firm in Washington, District of Columbia" (San Francisco Chronicle, 7 May 2009, page A-1) On July 8, 2009, he was indicted on eight felony counts for misappropriating $150,000 and using it for political campaigns. Two current associate vice chancellors were also indicted.
On July 13, 2009, Doctor Day surrendered to jail officials in San Francisco, along with his two alleged accomplices.
Doctor Day was booked into County Jail at 3:15pm and immediately posted bail. The surrender times had been arranged by his attorneys. In September 2011, based upon a pretrial hearing Settlement Agreement between the District Attorney and Doctor Day"s attorneys, five of the felony counts were dismissed and Doctor Day pleaded guilty to three felony counts of misusing public funds (a violation of the California Education Code) which, per the pretrial agreement, were reduced to misdemeanors.
Doctor Day paid a fine of $30,000 and was placed on probation.
Number restitution was required to be paid to the College.
Membership
Day is a former member of the board of directors of the American Association of Community Colleges and of the American Council on Education. He also is a member of the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, which advises Congress on all matters related to vocational/career education.
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