Michael Poindexter joined the Community College of Rhode Island as vice president for student affairs. He oversees the areas of enrollment management, academic assessment, admissions, records, financial aid, advising and counseling, career placement, service learning, student discipline, athletics and federally-funded student support programs. He has over 29 years of experience in higher education, most recently serving as an advisor to the Lumina Foundation’s student success initiative Achieving the Dream, and as a consultant for the educational consulting company Noel Levitz. Poindexter received a bachelor’s degree from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska and his master’s degree from the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.
