It’s hard to believe that Rattlers and the FAMU BOT are even the having the conversation about keeping Cast-hell on. If we had a truly functional BOT, who really cared about the university, the interim resident (Cast-hell) would have been fired a long time ago.
This is yet another example that Jeb Bush and his Republican cronies don’t care about Black folks.
Here’s an individual (Cast-hell) who has over spent the E&G budget by $10M, and the BOT rewards her to the tune of $85,000 for doing so. Go figure?
Now they are talking about keeping her on to further screw things up?
You may recall this confusing St. Pete Times article -- FAMU reforms lagging -- in which they called our University "financially mismanaged" and then praised the current direction we are headed.
Or this piece of paper (click picture to enlarge) from the final audit which showed that despite Cast-hell's bold claims that the University had an $8M surplus we, in fact, had a $10.4M deficit.Least we not for get this article: Rash of Controversies Staggers FAMU
We could go on, but you get the picture. So again, we concur with BOT Chair Challis Lowe, when she moved to fire Fred Gainous, "we (FAMU) are bleeding profusely. We can't wait another two years. We can't even wait another two months to get this university back on track. We must take action now." The same is still true today.
This search must move forward.
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ReplyDeleteYou REALLY seem to be circling the drain today!
Why not just admit that there are actually some days - like today - where there just ain't s*** up there to b**** & complain about. Quit trying to stir up shtuff that simply needs to be left alone - and do like the first person stated in the other Thread ... And simply "Give This a REST!"
Besides ...
You're likely gonna have plenty of ammo for all the conspiracies to fly like crazy on Wednesday ... So why not just sit tight - And give yourself a breather for a few!
Knowing a little bit about what you do and are going through to provide this service ... "Even I think you deserve a break sometimes!"
When you really think about it, this one is really right on the $$$!
ReplyDelete4:14--If you like what's here, move the F*ck on. Damn, you don't have to read the blog; it's not like someone is holding your punk a** down and making you come here and read. Talk about complaining, well, the pot can't talk about the mfing kettle. Move on. There are such things as CHOICES, you know. Or perhaps you DIDN'T know. Well, now, mf, you do. If you know everything, why don't YOU post some new sh*t?
ReplyDeletejeb bush does not like black folks? o.k......maybe it is just the case that jeb bush and his cronies want accountability. again it seems that circumstances are ingnored and an easy explanation is given....he just does not like black folks. nevermind
ReplyDeletethe st. pete times article mentioned in your commentary that speaks of famu's past problems and lack of oversight. more pains will come and changes made, all necessary if famu wants to move in to the future. castell is not the problem, famu's past administrators left famu where it is today.
Are the enrollment decrease and $10M deficit part of Castell's plan to "fix FAMU?" That type of incomptence is not the solution to the problems FAMU experienced in the past. It's simply worsening the situation.
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ReplyDeletejeb bush does not like black folks? o.k......maybe it is just the case that jeb bush and his cronies want accountability.
If Jeb Bush truly wanted accountability, and if he was fair-minded, he'd have had his auditors and the Attorney General down here a long time ago trying to figure out where the foundation money has gone, why we're spending millions each year on no-bid contracts to people to straighten out issues that were identified under Gainous' tenure, and why so many decisions by this university have ended in lawsuits that the university cannot win.
people on this board should look at the past aritcles about famu problems. past incompetence has more to do with now than castell does. in short, she may not be the best, but under the circumstances she has inherited, is trying to right the famu ship that is struggling with student retention, it's mission, and past gross negligence. with regard to the auditor general, the race card was used by castell when the state said that it would send in it's own accountants. check out the article.......http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/25/State/FAMU_president_fears_.shtml
ReplyDeletehere is the ariticle http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/25/State/
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What article? Are you folks speaking of an old article from 2005 that addressed these concerns?
ReplyDeleteThe sp. times really isn't a credible source to quote. because they've got it wrong on so many accounts. about the only thing they have gotten right is that reforms are still lagging under castell and FAMU remains a financially misguided place.
ReplyDeleteWith regard to her handling of financial matters, the SBI 8, and the university in general, yes indeed, CVB should have been fired.d No other school in the SUS would have stood for this kind of inept leadership.
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ReplyDeleteNo other school in the SUS would have stood for this kind of inept leadership.
There are some who could argue that no school should have stood for some of the kind of inept leadership that preceeded her tenure too!
And who would argue that? The record speaks for itself prior to Gainous and Castell. As with any organization, there are bound to be problems, however, what is the argument for our current state of affairs. At least, the positives outweighed the negatives.
ReplyDeleteCan you say the same today?
I don't ever recall any pervious FAMU president geting a $85,000 bonus for blowing a the University's budget by $10.4 M and lying about it.
ReplyDeletest. pete times not a credible source? they just happen to be one of the most respeceted papers in the country. castell is an easy fall guy. bottom line is the state has not held famu responsible for many years. if you think lax accounting, ghost employees and inept administrators magically started with gainous you got it all wrong. humphrey is responsible for many of famu's problem, blame cannot be put squarely on gainous and castell.
ReplyDeleteThis issue is that Castell is making the problems worst, not better. A 10M deficit is not an improvement. Nor is a 2,000 student enrollment decline.
ReplyDeleteThose two areas were not problems before Castell came.
regardless of who is in control things are going to get worse before they get better. serious change is needed and it is going to hurt.
ReplyDeleteThings won't get better until Bryant leaves the university. She is causing deficits and enrollment declines.
ReplyDeletebryant is not solely responsible for enrollment decline. famu is caught up in another national trend. young black students are not only considering hbcu as a college choice, but non black public and private universities. these universities are making a huge push to increase diversity. there is a lesson here for famu to learn, but apparently it is being resisted by some. long term famu with have to embrace diversity to survive as a big public school. if it does not enrollment will continue to decline, along with tax dollars. consequently, famu will be a smaller institution not being able to compete with the big players. to put blame on castell is not appropriate. of course she is responsible for the university now, but she is having to make difficult decisions based on choices made by past administrators and new emerging trends. FAMU needs a new mission one that embraces not only education for blacks but for all.
ReplyDeleteOkay, then why are so many universities showing an increase in Black enrollment while our numbers are declining?
ReplyDeleteEven Bethune Cookman has shown an increase in enrollment as well as Edward Waters. These institutions are no FAMU when it comes to academic programs and PhD trained faculty.
That national trend of HBCUs losing students to predominantly white institutions has been around since desegregation.
ReplyDeleteFred Humphries created an recruitment program that successfully expanded FAMU's student numbers every year. Fred Gainous kept the Humphries recruitment program, and as a result enrollment continued to soar.
Castell Bryant shut down the Humphries recruitment and enrollment immediately plummeted.
Bryant is solely responsible for the enrollment decrease.
expecting any application, as famu has done, would of course increase enrollment numbers. famu has some crazy amount of sophmores enrolled, but when it comes to the junior year the numbers drop dramatically. castell is trying to increase the quality of the student body, not just allow everyone in that applies to boost numbers for numbers sake. bethune cookman is a much smaller institution and yes they are showing an increase in enrollment, but schools are sizably different.
ReplyDeleteaccepting.....
ReplyDeleteUnder Humphries, FAMU did not just accept any application. The institution went out and recruited the best and brightest high school achievers. Being in such talented students raised FAMU's SAT/ACT scores, overall GPA, and graduation rate.
ReplyDeleteIncreasing quality and quantity are not mutually exclusive. If Bryant were serious about increasing quality, then she would be out recruiting National Achievement Scholars and Bright Futures Scholars like Humphries did.
Bryant shut down the recruitment program and replaced it with nothing. Now, we're not only losing high achievers, but we're losing students on all parts of the academic success scale.
Bryant has tried to correct the damage she inflicted on FAMU enrollment by trying to lure back students that FAMU previously rejected. Under Bryant, FAMU is now seeking students who would not have even been able to make it in during the Humphries administration.
Bryant is lowering both quality and quantity at FAMU.
Under Humphries, FAMU was graduating more Blacks than any other university in the country. Yes, the graduation rate was low, but could other university in the state of florida boast that they were doing a better job than Humphries graduating that many Blacks? Absolutely not!
ReplyDeleteThe problem WAS not the graduation rate, but the number of qualified/competitive Blacks graduating and entering into the workforce, graduate, medical and law schools.
Do you really think certain people (in the state government) were happy with these prospects? Do you think they were happy the Corporate America invested in FAMU? How about all of those Big Ten and Top Research programs reserving spots for FAMU graduates to enroll into graduate, medical and law schools.
Do you really think that set well? It's funny FAMU graduates weren't good enough for the Florida universities until the big Research Programs started recruiting/graduating them.
FAMU was graduating Blacks at almost 1,700 a year. These Black graduates were leaving and competing for jobs at the IBM's of the world; JP Morgans on WallStreet; or teaching their children? That's a lot of Black folks to let loose on an economy where jobs are being transferred at an alarming rate overseas on a daily basis.
Someone had to stop this machine. Do really think they wanted those numbers to actually increase?
Think about.....
why would a national achievement scholar come to famu?
ReplyDeleteunbelievable...it is a white conspiracy now?
famu is truly doomed...that is the mentality that is going to run it into the dirt.
it's racialist!!!!!!!!!
and by the way corporate america invest in all universities.
ReplyDeletewhat about all those china men in the school of engineering? i heard they were not to happy about all those black graduates coming out of the school. something had to be done because Dr. Chen was not happy. we got to get the black man out of here!!!! they can't build our bridges, our highways, or our office buildings. wait i have an idea get on the direct line to beijing. we got them now... that was to easy.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anon. @ 12/03/2006 7:33 PM.
ReplyDelete>>>It's funny FAMU graduates weren't good enough for the Florida universities until the big Research Programs started recruiting/graduating them.<<<
ReplyDeleteThat's a good point. Humphries proved that FAMU grads were good enough to go to UC-Berkeley and UCLA, the leading schools in the nation's top ranked public university system. There was no way Florida's universities could continue to mess over FAMU grads without revealing a taint of institutionalized racism.
institutionalized racism. it seems that you need to look no further than famu to find plenty of that. for example, the school of engineering is turning into "little beijing", the white man is at fault, famu was the best but they can't have that anymore, etc. etc. the victim mentality will get you nowhere. move forward and realize the choices you make now, today shape your life. famu is in this mess because of your admnisitrators not the white men.
ReplyDeletename some of the top research programs somebody please.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...famu is in this mess because of your admnisitrators not the white men.12/04/2006 7:53 AM
ReplyDeleteJeb sent us Gainous from Alabama and even influenced the BOT personally not to get rid of him the first time around.
Carolyn Roberts cut a deal with Castell and appointed her IP as long as she took Debra Austin off of the DOE's hands.
And your point is....
Michigan, Iowa, Purdue, Princeton, Cal Berkeley, UCLA, Georgia Tech, Conrell, Harvard, MIT, Johns Hopkins, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Minnesota.... you get the point.
ReplyDeleteDo you really trust this BOT to select a high quality next President of FAMU? Remember, the Holmes-Corbin connection selected Gainous. Now this same board, being run by Corbin behind the scenes, will select a "permanent" president? Gov-elect Crist needs to re-shuffle the FAMU BOT with a quickness. Anyone with ties to James Corbin MUST GO! Challis Lowe...GOTTA GO!
ReplyDeleteGainous did a decent job. People got upset when he tried to do things to move the University upward such recruiting juniors coming out of TCC and moving football up a division (the AD should have been quite until he had the football stadium financing together...they were pretty close on that).
ReplyDeleteNow we are seeing the fruits of real incompentence.
11:03,
ReplyDeleteFor years FAMU was a feeder school to the world's top programs. U Penn, Harvard Business, UChicago Stanford.
How did you NOT know aobut that?
Because they all have their heads stuck up some republican or FSU alum's Arse.
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