While FAMUANS are, rightfully, basking in an atmosphere of hope and optimism that FAMU's new leader James Ammonshas created, we mustn't forget about those traditional outside forces who still would prefer to see FAMU’s role in the State University System either diminished or eliminated, despite the politically correct rhetoric to the contrary.FAMU stakeholders must carefully monitor the activities of the Florida Board of Governors for a number of reasons:
* Work in progress: Gov. Jeb Bush and the Florida Legislature decentralized the authority of the State University System by replacing the former Board of Regents with individual 13-member boards of trustees at each university to perform that oversight function.
Continue reading: Keep a watchful eye on the BOG
Word is spreading that Board of Governors chairwoman Carolyn Roberts is recruiting T. Willard Fair and Adam Herbert to accept appointments as FAMU trustees when new seats open in January 2008.
ReplyDeleteThese are two men who dutifully follow the party-line of those who don't want to see FAMU continue its growth as a research university.
Roberts is already furious at President Ammons for standing up against the Pappas Plan. She wants to get people like Fair and Herbert to become thorns in his side and force his to take a more complacent position. Roberts thinks that if she gets some black faces to be her hitmen, then the black community won't stand up against her sabotage efforts.
We've had enough of Roberts and her supporters poisoning FAMU from within by appointing trustees with destructive agendas.
T Williard is Castell's old boyfriend and they are tight as thieves.
ReplyDeleteWe need to get that Carolyn Roberts off the BOG. She and Rosenberg can't be trusted.
Watch out for more to come shortly from Mark Rosenberg. A wolf in sheep clothing.
Rosenberg ain't a friend of FAMU.
Looks like we might need RN to crank it up again.
We need a Florida capitol bureau of RN. It's time to enlist the help of all Rattlers and friends of FAMU who have ears in the legislature, governor's office, and Turlington building.
ReplyDeleteWe can defeat the BOG's bad appointments. The FAMU rally against Challis Lowe proved it. The legislature shot down Carolyn Roberts' stubborn drive to re-appoint Lowe. It also kept T.K. from snatching the E-School (a move also backed by Roberts, as it was consistent with the long term goals of the Pappas Plan).
It's incredible. The BOG fills the FAMU BOT with inept, reckless trustees like Lowe but then blames the students, faculty, and alumni for FAMU's failings (citing a "cultural problem").
Where is "da rattler" when you need him?
ReplyDeleteCastell had a boyfriend?? You mean to tell me that mean and hateful woman could be tolerated by someone on a love basis? Good Lord! Will wonders never cease???
ReplyDeleteTo 11:00--there is no more "daRattler." There's a new sheriff in town and his name is NuRattler. Let's support him and quit whining about what used to be. Let the NuRattler get acclimated to the scoop snoops, first, before you get to attacking the man. He's only been here a quick minute. Give him time. Ham mercy!
ReplyDeleteIf the BOG appoints Willard or, God forbid, Herbert, then FAMU needs to have the NAACP, SCLC, and Rainbow-PUSH on speed dial for a major Tallahassee protest to kill their confirmations in the Florida Senate.
ReplyDeleteGo get 'em NuRattler. We may have to shut down Carolyn Roberts next.
ReplyDelete^^
ReplyDeleteMay have to get -- we need to get Roberts and her sidekick - Rosenberg now.
May have to get Wilson to take a better picture.
ReplyDelete7:41,
ReplyDeleteGrowth as a research university? FAMU is failing its undergraduate students! FAMU graduates roughly 40 percent in 6 years. Maybe concentrating on accepting quality over quantity for a change.
Amen! The attrition at FAMU is worse than UF and FSU. Come on ... if FSU & UF only graduated 40 % of its African Amer students ... there would be federal investigations ... protests on the Hill ...
ReplyDeleteFAMU is a Carnegie Doctoral Research University. None of Florida's universities have moved ahead of FAMU in terms of growth in global scientific publishing.
ReplyDeletehttp://research.famu.edu/newspubs/FINAL%20FAMU%20ranks%202nd%20in%20sci%20pubs.pdf
Most of Florida's public universities have six-year graduation rates that are below 50%. FAMU is no exception.
ReplyDeleteThe quote below comes from "Region trails in college graduation rates," by Scott Travis, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, February 13, 2007:
"As a statewide system, the graduation rate for Florida's public universities compares favorably with the nation's. About 63 percent of students finish in six years, compared with about 53 percent nationally. But seven of the 10 largest public universities in the state have six-year graduation rates below 50 percent."
Yes, FAMU's six-year graduation rate is in the 40s just like most of Florida's public universities. FAMU should not be singled out when there are six other state universities that have six-year graduation rates that are also in the 40s.
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ReplyDeleteTo 11:00--there is no more "daRattler." There's a new sheriff in town and his name is NuRattler. Let's support him and quit whining about what used to be. Let the NuRattler get acclimated to the scoop snoops, first, before you get to attacking the man. He's only been here a quick minute. Give him time. Ham mercy!
9/27/2007 11:14 PM
Got cha pannies in a wad? Although I didn't post the question asking where is darattler, many of us came to consider him apart of the family. We just have to get use to the nu baby snake.
hey 9/28/2007 2:26 AM
ReplyDeleteRE: "If the BOG appoints Willard or, God forbid, Herbert, then FAMU needs to have the NAACP, SCLC, and Rainbow-PUSH on speed dial for a major Tallahassee protest to kill their confirmations in the Florida Senate."
ALL WE NEED IS THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP AND BODY AS WELL AS ALUMNI LEADERS AND BODY TO STAND UP AND BE COUNTED. NO OUTSIDE MUSCLE NEEDED. WE GOT THIS.
Roberts is already furious at President Ammons for standing up against the Pappas Plan.
ReplyDeleteReally? Pappas already had a test run with Ammons in NC. Let's not get it twisted, he's on board w/Pappas. And, people please read the report for yourself.
Let's not get it twisted, he's on board w/Pappas. And, people please read the report for yourself.
ReplyDeleteWe've read the Pappas report and it clearly recommends that FAMU should become a baccalaurette-only institution. As FAMUans, we're committed to fighting against that proposal tooth and nail.
You assertion that Dr. Ammons supports the Pappas Report is 100% LIE.
“We would have to disagree with any report that would limit Florida A&M University’s ability to deliver under higher programs, and only agree to programs that help FAMU to move upward,” incoming FAMU President James H. Ammons told Black College Wire.
http://www.uh.edu/ednews/2007/diverse/200704/20070404florida.html
It's clear that there are posters on this board who wish to misrepresent Dr. Ammons' position on this critical issue.
FAMU can't deliver on an undergraduate education. Maybe focusing on the basics would be in FAMU's best interest.
ReplyDelete11:47,
ReplyDelete"FAMU is a Carnegie Doctoral Research University. None of Florida's universities have moved ahead of FAMU in terms of growth in global scientific publishing."
FAMU is still at the bottom though, and does not even come close to UCF or FAU, and is way way behind USF, UF, and FSU.
FAMU is a kindergarten compared to UF.
Go Gators!
FAMU is an excuse for a band!
FAMU's six year graduation rate 41.5% it is in the 40s just like most of Florida's public universities.
ReplyDeleteThe quote below comes from "Region trails in college graduation rates," by Scott Travis, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, February 13, 2007:
"As a statewide system, the graduation rate for Florida's public universities compares favorably with the nation's. About 63 percent of students finish in six years, compared with about 53 percent nationally. But seven of the 10 largest public universities in the state have six-year graduation rates below 50 percent."
It's clear that FAMU's six-year graduation fits within the standard for all universities in the state.
Why are there so many financial problems under Bernie's watch at the University of Florida? FAMUans ran Castell out-of-town for her poor financial management. What's being done about all Bernie's fiscal fiascos?
ReplyDeleteReport Number: 2006-040
Report Title: University of Florida - Operational Audit
Report Period: 01/01/2004 -12/31/2004 and Selected Transactions through 03/31/2005
Release Date: 10/07/2005
The operational audit for the period January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2004, and selected transactions through March 31, 2005, disclosed the following:
Control Environment
Finding No. 1: Written policies and procedures had not been revised and enhanced to reflect the myUFL systems business processes.
Information Technology
Finding No. 2: Our review of actions taken in making the transition to the myUFL systems disclosed that not all employees were properly trained prior to implementation, and problems encountered after implementation were of a nature that earlier detection may have occurred had adequate processes been developed or more thorough testing been applied. In addition, the University had not developed and tested a methodology to extract data from the myUFL systems required to produce a schedule of expenditures of Federal awards.
Finding No. 3: The combination of administrative applications (roles) assigned to employees disclosed instances that did not provide for proper separation of duties in the accounting, purchasing, voucher processing, and cash management functions.
Finding No. 4: Access to administrative applications (roles) was not always timely revoked for employees who terminated employment.
Finding No. 5: Some myUFL systems database queries used by University employees produced incorrect information.
Finding No. 6: The University did not timely establish written procedures or processes for reconciling its main operating bank accounts, and as of April 30, 2005, reconciliations of such accounts were not current.
Receivables
Finding No. 7: Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) staff were not able to utilize recording functions in the myUFL systems to generate an accurate report of contracts and grants receivables. A record was maintained manually on an electronic worksheet; however, this worksheet contained errors.
Finding No. 8: IFAS staff did not follow their procedures for the collection of contracts and grants receivables.
Finding No. 9: IFAS staff received documentation from the Controller’s Office indicating that funds were available for drawdown from the Federal grantor; however, due to myUFL systems implementation problems, IFAS accounting was unable to access and apply the funds to the proper accounts on a timely basis.
Payroll
Finding No. 10: Payroll responsibilities were not adequately separated in two of five University departments reviewed.
Finding No. 11: Effective July 1, 2004, the University no longer required time reports and payroll certifications for exempt employees. As such, University records do not document supervisory verification that employees performed the duties for which they received payment.
Finding No. 12: University departments did not redistribute payroll costs to the proper accounts in a timely manner.
Finding No. 13: The University had not performed timely after-the-fact confirmations that actual time worked on various contracts and grants by University employees was as budgeted, planned, and charged.
Purchasing
Finding No. 14: The University’s Purchasing Division did not monitor contractors to ensure that they maintained required insurance coverage throughout the duration of their contracts.
Voucher Processing
Finding No. 15: Our review of payments from July 1, 2004, through March 8, 2005, disclosed instances in which early or prompt payment discounts, totaling $38,856, were lost.
Finding No. 16: In the myUFL systems, the University has established a vendor account for some employees who also have a voucher-processing role. Although our audit did not disclose any improper payments, these employees have the capability to initiate, approve, and make payments to themselves.
Finding No. 17: Some payments to consulting firms on the UF Bridges project were not adequately documented, properly authorized, or in compliance with applicable law.
Finding No. 18: Employees were reimbursed for travel expenses at rates that exceeded those authorized by Section 112.061, Florida Statutes.
Tangible Personal Property
Finding No. 19: Although our audit did not disclose any theft or unauthorized use of property, University employees took inventory with hand-held scanning devices that allowed for the possibility that these employees could manually enter into the devices a missing property item’s decal number and thereby falsely account for the item.
Finding No. 20: The University did not always maintain adequate accountability over tangible personal property. For several property items tested, documentation as to the disposition or off-campus usage of the items was not available or identification decals had not been affixed to the items.
Capital Outlay
Finding No. 21: The University did not have a formal process for reconciling Facilities Planning and Construction database project records to the amounts reported in myUFL systems project ledgers.
Finding No. 22: Construction project change orders are not reported and entered into the official minutes of the Board of Trustees, contrary to Section 1013.48, Florida Statutes.
Finding No. 23: For two construction projects, Facilities Planning and Construction project files did not contain documentation evidencing that the contractors were currently insured, and the agreement with an insurance firm responsible for monitoring contractors’ insurance had expired.
Other Matters
Finding No. 24: The University implemented an administrative service charge for certain international students without specific authority to do so.
Finding No. 25: Approximately $124,000 of collections associated with the University’s Continuing Medical Education Program was allegedly misappropriated, reportedly because of noncompliance with established written procedures for processing payments received in the mail.
According to US News FAMU has a 33 percent 6 year graduation rate.
ReplyDeleteMaybe FAMU should stop worrying about the BOG and start educating some students.
FAMU's six-year graduation is 41.4%. That 33% number is either the 4-year graduation or simply erroneous.
ReplyDeleteMost American college students do not graduate in 4 years. Only 53$ graduate in 6 years.
The U.S. News lists four-year graduation rates. Most students in America take at least six-years to graduate.
ReplyDeleteFAMU's six-year graduation is 41.4%.
So US News is lying?
ReplyDeleteGet a grip and accept the facts.
No, the problem is that you can't read the information correctly. The U.S. News lists four-year graduation rates.
ReplyDeleteYou're not fooling anyone by trying to pass off a four-year graduation rate number as a six-year graduation rate number.
"That 33% number is either the 4-year graduation or simply erroneous."
ReplyDeleteIt is the 4 year grad rate and it is not erroneous. The reason it did not report the 6 year rate is because FAMU did not report it.
Are you proud of the roughly 40 percent 6 year graduation rate?
At UF we are close to 90 percent.
What kind of idiots are you accepting at FAMU?
Oh that is right remedial students that do not belong. Quantity is obvious more important than quality at FAMU.
FAMU's six-year graduation is public information that is available from the university and/or the Board of Governors. As a journalistic publication, the U.S. News should have no problem finding that number.
ReplyDeleteUF should be more concerned about getting passed in the U.S. News rankings by the University of Miami.
Miami is a respectable school with serious students.
ReplyDeleteFAMU is an academic joke. Yes there are success stories, but the majority of students do not belong in 4 year institutions.
FAMU blamed the janitors for throwing out Athletic receipts. How pathetic is that?
FAMU can't hold a candle to UF.
The president who blamed the janitors for throwing out the athletic receipts is gone. FAMUans are the biggest proponents of launching a criminal investigation into her administration.
ReplyDeleteMost of the FAMU students who have trouble progressing face those difficulties because they lack money for tuition, not because they aren't smart enough to be in college.
FAMU is an outstanding institution that offers a quality education that is every bit as good as UF's.
It was the Athletic Director who blamed the janitors.
ReplyDeleteThen why is the black american graduation rate better at UF than it is at FAMU?
ReplyDeleteBetter adminstration, faculty, and serious students that is why.
Go Gators
We need a north campus in Tallahassee.
It was the interim president (Castell) who blamed the janitors. Her athletic director simply repeated her line.
ReplyDeleteCastell is gone. Carolyn Roberts and the other BOG members who've defended Bryant's incomptence need to go, too.
90 percent of FAMU's student body is getting financial assistance for tuition.
ReplyDeleteThe quality of student is lacking at FAMU and that is the reason for the poor graduation rate.
Too much remedial and not enough quality.
UF only accepts the highest scoring black students. Those students would do well anywhere.
ReplyDeleteFAMU recruits not only the highest scoring black students, but also the diamonds-in-rough whose test scores and GPAs do not necessarily reflect their true potential.
80% (not 90%) of FAMU students are on need-based financial aid. The current Pell grant and Stafford loan amounts do not even come close to covering the full cost of education for those students.
ReplyDeleteThe main reason so many FAMU students take a long time to graduate is a lack of money for tuition, not a lack of academic preparation.
Carolyn Roberts has the support of Gator Nation, which by the way has a lot more pull than a failing institution like FAMU.
ReplyDeleteFAMU can't get Carolyn Roberts to go anywhere. You might be able to bully your own Board of Trustees, but you can't touch the BOG.
FAMU might not be able to get Roberts off the BOG but it can block much of the damage she's tried to do to the university.
ReplyDeleteFAMU succeeded in running Castell out of the university, despite Roberts' desire for her to stay.
FAMU succeeded in blocking Challis Lowe's confirmation, despite Roberts' desire for her to stay on the board of trustees.
FAMU succeeded in blocking FSU's attempt to take over the E-School, despite Roberts' desire to let FSU assume full control.
FAMU has a history of overcoming attacks from people like Roberts. That legacy continues today.
Get a job and work through college! Stop making excuses.
ReplyDeleteThis from the Democrat
"Administrators also initiated steps to return $5,211 in financial aid. More than 90 percent of FAMU's 11,400 students are eligible for some type of financial aid."
So 80 of the 90 percent only take the aid?
A messy dispute over an endowed chair at Florida A&M University has devolved into full-blown finger pointing.
ReplyDeleteThe suspended law school dean is blaming former FAMU presidents.
The presidents say it's not their fault.
Even the interim president is coming under fire.
At the center of the latest FAMU scandal is Kentucky lawyer Shirley Cunningham Jr., who donated $1-million for an endowed chair, then was appointed to the chair, complete with a $100,000-a-year salary.
Interim FAMU President Castell Bryant put law school dean Percy Luney Jr. on leave last week, days after the St. Petersburg Times revealed the unusual arrangement and her decision to fire Cunningham. Bryant did not offer much explanation, saying only that her decision on Luney involved a university payroll audit.
Luney has since mounted a vigorous defense.
His take: FAMU's past presidents told him to do it.
In a letter to FAMU's Board of Trustees, Luney said former FAMU presidents Frederick Humphries and Fred Gainous made crucial decisions regarding Cunningham's appointment.
"My attempts to facilitate a different donor relationship were overruled," he wrote.
Contrary to custom for other endowed chairs, Cunningham's position required no teaching or research. Instead, according to FAMU documents, he and Luney agreed on a half-dozen projects, including developing a bar exam prep program, raising funds for scholarships and working toward establishment of an agricultural law center.
Cunningham's contract began in August 2003.
In October 2001, Luney said Humphries forwarded him a letter from Cunningham's accountant that confirmed the lawyer's pledge of $1-million and his anticipation of a three-year contract.
Two weeks later, Luney wrote back. The law school's greatest need is for scholarships, he said, and an endowed chair is "somewhat premature" for a fledgling law school.
Then, according to Luney, Humphries called.
The president said "the gift would be in the form of an endowed chair and that I should discontinue further conversation regarding the form of the gift," Luney wrote.
Later, Humphries' successor, Gainous, supported Cunningham's wish not to teach and not be at the school on a daily basis, Luney wrote.
In Monday's Orlando Sentinel , the former presidents disputed Luney's account.
"There was no quid pro quo," Humphries said.
The chair details were "completed prior to my employment," Gainous said.
Whether Cunningham did any work remains in dispute.
Bryant, the interim president, said he didn't. Luney declined to comment.
His lawyer, Tony Suarez, said Monday that Luney and Cunningham had some discussions about the chair's agreed-upon projects, but it's not clear how far Cunningham had progressed. Suarez said as far as he knows, Cunningham did not complete an annual report summing up his activities as chair, as required by FAMU policy.
On Monday, FAMU officials could not locate any such report.
In a written statement, Cunningham said "the work is being delivered in various states or is in various stages of development."
The statement also said it was Humphries who suggested Cunningham fill the chair and help the law school with fundraising and program development.
Reached by phone Monday, Cunningham declined to offer details.
Both he and Luney have taken aim at Bryant.
Suarez said Bryant never talked to Luney about the disputed chair. If she had simply told him the law school needed a fresh start, he would have quietly resigned, he said.
Instead, Suarez said, she started "an open food fight which really wasn't necessary."
Rep. David Mealor, R-Lake Mary, also questioned Bryant's decision.
"She's been very tenacious" in dealing with FAMU's recent troubles, said Mealor, a Luney supporter who heads the House Colleges and Universities Committee. But in this case, "maybe it would have been good to be more deliberative."
Attempts to reach Bryant through a FAMU spokeswoman were unsuccessful Monday.
Meanwhile, her tenure isn't getting any easier.
On Friday, she put another administrator, a financial officer, on leave, this time after news reports revealed he and three others had been indicted for creating fictitious loans at a credit union and transferring money to their personal accounts.
How about the attacks it inflicts on itself? What about all this funny business with ghost employees?
ReplyDeleteTALLAHASSEE - Florida A&M University said Thursday it has fired 41 employees after an internal audit revealed some of them collected a paycheck week after week even though it appears they did no work.
ReplyDeleteThe cost to the university: $1.1-million in annual salaries.
Some did not show up for work. Others left early to go to other jobs off campus. And some got paychecks from the historically black school even though they lived in a different state, according to the audit.
The university also is asking authorities, including the state attorney, to investigate whether nearly another 100 employees who have received a combined $4.7-million in annual salaries may have done the same thing.
The initial findings of the university's payroll audit released Thursday showed how widespread the school's financial mismanagement was:
The audit found "ghost employees" - people on the payroll who did little real work - in departments across the university, both at the main Tallahassee campus and branch offices. It's not clear how long this went on.
"It's really all over," said vice president of human resource Janie Greenleaf.
FAMU will review yet another 286 employees who got more than one paycheck, although some of it may have been for legitimate work. The university has about 4,000 employees.
Authorities have not filed any criminal charges as a result of the payroll audit.
The findings of the audit particularly stung Thursday as the school also approved budget cuts.
Humphries left in 2001. Cunningham's contract was authorized in 2003. This matter was not his fault.
ReplyDeleteCastell did not provide any proof for the numbers pertaining to "ghost employees," just like she couldn't substantiate her phony $8M surplus number.
ReplyDeleteShe shut down the Center for Urban Policy without any legal authority and was forced to re-open it.
So Luney and anyone else critical of FAMU exposing their dirty laundry are lying?
ReplyDeleteHumphries is the white knight that can do no wrong?
The state auditors have come out and said that is more than mere slopiness with these problems regarding FAMU. These problems encompass everything we discuss. There were ghost employees at FAMU that is a fact.
FAMU's Woes Threaten Its Accreditation (Palm Beach Post)
ReplyDelete"Florida A&M University, the state's only historically black public college, is in danger of losing its accreditation following a review that noted 10 serious deficiencies in management, finances and control of resources," reports the Palm Beach Post. "Castell Bryant, who was appointed interim president, will be replaced by a permanent president, James Ammons, on July 1. Bryant, whose job was to straighten out financial and administrative problems, found people on FAMU's payroll who no longer worked at the school; student financial aid overpayments that were never repaid to the school; and a major donor who was given an endowed chair even though it was unclear how much work he did for FAMU. Also, a staff member in the financial aid office was indicted for fraud."
There were ghost employees at FAMU that is a fact.
ReplyDeleteCastell's claim that there were 41 ghost employees at FAMU is not a fact because it has not been verified by the state auditors.
There were no SACS accreditation problems at FAMU before Castell Bryant came; and SACS knows that. It put FAMU on probation because Castell's abysmal management. But today, SACS thinks that FAMU finally has the right leadership to fix Castell's mess.
ReplyDeleteFrom "FAMU president repors 'progress,'" Orlando Sentinel, September 14, 2007
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-bk-famu091407,0,5242905.story
Belle Wheelan, president of the Commission on Colleges for the Southern Association, said, "I have great confidence they're going to clean it all up."
Obviously, Wheelan understands that after the darks days of Castell (who was a favorite of the St. Pete Times despite her incompetence) FAMU has a strong team of administrators.
None of the negative articles from the St. Pete Times can keep FAMU from restoring itself to it heights it accomplished back during the "Glory Years" in the 1990s.
Deny Deny Deny Blame Blame Blame.
ReplyDeleteFAMU has had issues for years and this dates back to Humphries.
Most importantly legislators know what time it is with FAMU and they are not buying it is all Castell's fault line that FAMU is trying to project.
You have to be a fool to believe that FAMU was derailed by one woman in 2 years.
FAMU is the weakest institution in the SUS and this has been in the making for years.
The audit records don't lie. FAMU had clean financial statement audits from 1978 to 2002.
ReplyDeleteCastell is the only president in the history of SUS to receive a qualified audit or probation from SACS. She is the worst university president ever in Florida.
The Florida Senate understood that Castell was to blame. That's why it blocked Challis Lowe (Castell's biggest supporter) from being confirmed despite Carolyn Roberts' support.
James Ammons is cleaning up Castell's mess.
FAMU is the worst school in the SUS. It will soon be the smallest, and now is the weakest school in the state.
ReplyDeleteBut hey it is all Castell's fault.
I am going to sleep well tonight as a Bull Gator.
I am glad SACs is not knocking on our door. FAMU deserves no respect.
We are about to raise 1.5 billion dollars and FAMU can't even pay it's bills on time.
FAMU is a joke
11:00 p.m. GO TO HELL!!!
ReplyDeleteIs Dr. Humphries down there?
ReplyDeleteUF needs a north campus in Tallahassee. FAMU would be a nice addition to Gator Nation.
ReplyDeleteUF is not in any position to talk about not paying funds in a timely manner. Bernie needs to get it together.
ReplyDeleteReport Title: University of Florida - Operational Audit
Report Period: 01/01/2004 -12/31/2004 and Selected Transactions through 03/31/2005
Finding No. 9: IFAS staff received documentation from the Controller’s Office indicating that funds were available for drawdown from the Federal grantor; however, due to myUFL systems implementation problems, IFAS accounting was unable to access and apply the funds to the proper accounts on a timely basis.
UF needs a north campus in Tallahassee. FAMU would be a nice addition to Gator Nation.
ReplyDeleteIf you want that fight with FAMU, then come and get it! We'll smack your president and lobbyists around just like we do to FSU every time it tries to take over the E-School.
FAMU is a loud dog with no bite. It is the weakest school in the SUS. UF would crush FAMU in any fight.
ReplyDeleteUCF is going to get your law school. The engineering schools will be split with FSU getting its own school, and finally UF will get the tiered system that it wants.
Furthermore, retention and graduation rates will be rewarded. This is going to further weaken FAMU, who accepts quantity of quality.
FAMU can stop what UF wants.
i don't think so
ReplyDeleteFAMU isn't going anywhere. It survived the UF and FSU supporters who tried to shut it down during the 1960s and will fend off any attempt to close us in the 2000s.
ReplyDeleteCome try and get these academic programs if you want. We're waiting...
Doing a great job with the Law School. Nobody is going to have to take anything. FAMU is practically giving them away.
ReplyDeleteCan you say 1.5 billion dollar campaign!
Lets see what the ABA has to say!
The law school and ABA accreditation are on track. FAMU's got the right leadership in place.
ReplyDelete