The FAMU Police Department and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement are investigating unauthorized grade changes to several student records. The investigation is ongoing and could also result in criminal prosecutions.“We have a zero tolerance for this kind of behavior,” said FAMU President James H. Ammons. “We must find those responsible and make sure that they are prosecuted. We understand and take seriously the responsibility we have to provide a quality education and to protect the integrity of the academic records of the nearly 12,000 students we serve."
I thought things were looking up?
ReplyDeleteIt's going to take some time for Ammons clean up the mess he inherited from Castell. The university didn't get this way overnight and it won't be fixed overnight.
ReplyDeleteThis is what happens when you do not have a university registrar or an associate or an assistant registrar from 2005-2007. We have a lot of work ahead.
ReplyDelete11:51, Things ARE "looking up." Certainly you are not implying that this bad occurrence deters from all of the positive things that are happening at the university. One bad incident(s) does not detract from the whole. I think you're just looing to start some mess up in here. Too bad. You lose.
ReplyDeleteprevious post correction: "...looking..."
ReplyDeleteIm a '96 grad and let me tell you that only the true at heart Rattlers still display any nalia these days. There are people who wonder why the University is still open. The value of a FAMU degree has shrunk in the mind of the masses. Only those with close attachment to the school still believe in it.....sad! Save our school.
ReplyDeleteThis problem has gone back many many years. Humphries had this going on under his watch. The value of a FAMU degree is worthless in the eyes of the public.
ReplyDeleteThis problem has gone back many many years. Humphries had this going on under his watch.
ReplyDeleteThat simply isn't true. This is a problem from Castell's administration.
The value of a FAMU degree is worthless in the eyes of the public.
FAMU's pharmacy students scored higher on the professional licensure exam than the University of Florida's students. According to those test results, a FAMU degree is top notch!
As a '95 grad of FAMU, I garner respect from all of my peers because of my affiliation with such a prestigious school. We are yet the leading HBCU in the country. Many universities who have been through the tumultuous leadership that we have did not survive. There is an "agenda" against FAMU and we still have some "moles" on the inside. Let continue the RATTLER RENAISSANCE until the NATION understands again our significance and importance!
ReplyDelete"FAMU's pharmacy students scored higher on the professional licensure exam than the University of Florida's students."
ReplyDeleteCan you send me the link?
I really hope you are not really as ignorant as you sound. If you are African American, your comment is the result of Jim Crow-ism! It's amazing how FAMU is now not good enough when not too long ago we couldn't grace the halls of the so-called "better" institutions in the state. We ARE in the 21st century and our mission is still intact as long as we have disillusioned self haters like yourself doing Mr. Crow's dirty work! Go FAM!
ReplyDeleteLook no further than your 94 percent black student body and comments on this board about how there are too many Chinese and Indian students in your graduate programs. That sounds a bit Jim Crow to me and straight out of the 1950s.
ReplyDeleteFAMU is just hurting itself.
FAMU acts like a badly behaved child. I love all the soph0moric post on this board. It entertains me.
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ReplyDeleteAre implying that IF the student body is 94% Black it's a problem because we can't actually produce (qualified candidates to become) doctors, lawyers, teachers, scientists, engineers, because of our student body makeup.
What really is the issue that's bothering you? You were not invited to this board, so why are you commenting. This board is for the Rattler Nation.
It's evident that you are not happy with what we are doing, especially those things we are doing very well.
Well, George Bush hired Condoleeza Rice and Condoleeza Rice hired FAMUans on her staff. If that is not the highest stamp of approval for you people, then what is.
FAMUans are everywhere. Believe me when I say the majority (white) of Leon Counties' respiratory therapists, physical therapists, and occupational therapists are FAMU graduates who happen to be white. Does that make their degrees and their successes inferior as well.
FAMU is fine! We are FAMU and we are loving it!
What's wrong with being majority black? PWI are majority white. A majority is a majority whether it is 94, 84, 64, or 54%. It is still a majority, that's why you have the term PWI (predominantly white institutions) and that reference applies to the majority of the institutions of higher education in the North America.
How do you plan on fixing their majority status?
We are FAMU and we're loving it!
That comment from the poster above just made me feel so good to be a RATTLER, even more than i already was. Whoever you are i have mad respect for you whether your a proud Alumni, or a sucessful student. Keep up the good work, cause i love my school, and we are FAMU, and we are loving it.
ReplyDeleteFAMU is not a private club. It is a public institution supported by state dollars.
ReplyDeleteFAMU does produce qualified students, but not many.
The institution is mired in institutional corruption and in the business of recruiting quantity and not qaulity.
In the public mind FAMU's degree holds no weight with the rest of the SUS. Yes there are few success stories but they are few and far between.
FAMU is doing a poor job and its academic reputation on a whole is not even up to average.
According to the St. Pete Times FAMU graduates just over 30 percent of its students. And this is from a self proclaimed "prestigious" institution. It is also been cited by state auditors for grade changing and with the way it awards degrees. This is criminal and far from prestigious!
According to the St. Pete Times FAMU graduates just over 30 percent of its students.
ReplyDeleteThe St. Pete Times is wrong, again. According to the Florida Board of Governors, FAMU's six-year graduation rate is 41.4%. That's only 4.9% lower than USF's six-year graduation rate -- and USF is considered to be one of Florida's top research universities.
Hey NuRattler. Please continue to delete the posts from these anti-FAMU spammers. This is not their blog and their tired, hateful comments are an obstacle to intelligent conversation.
ReplyDeleteThe truth hurts does it not.
ReplyDeleteThe anti-FAMU posters like you don't know what the truth is.
ReplyDeleteGrade changes were going on well before Castell. Just research some of the past news articles. It appears that the past behavior is back. Bad for FAMU as these minor actions will cost the university. Watch and Listen! Ammons really needs to cut more of the past and out-dated staff. It's not healthy and no one will listen!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteGrade changes were going on well before Castell.
ReplyDeleteThe problems with grade changes extend from Castell's administration and the state audits prove it.
Hey anti-spammer, what's the status on the NCAA's investigation into FSU's grade scandal?
ReplyDeleteI am not sure what is going on at FSU, but I do know that there black graduation rate is 70 percent compared to FAMU's 40 percent. It seems UF is right up there to so it seems like Research Flagships are doing a much better job at integration and graduation.
ReplyDeleteFAMU is 6 out of 10, there a 1 point higher than UWF or UNF.
FAMU is failing at its antiquated mission.
Apparently, those who are bent on degrading FAMU have no clue as to what is factual and, certainly cannot tell the difference between fact and ignorance. To 11/19/2007 8:38 AM: Had you graduated from FAMU, you certainly would know when to use "their" instead of "there black graduation rate"... Get a life by learning some correct english. Your ignorance is very evident.
ReplyDeleteThe difference is being a black institution, our laundry is hung out for the world to see...but rest assure, if he had a 500 million dollar endowment like FSU, we'd be covering our tracks too. You don't hear about the 10's of millions of dollars that came up missing from FSU or it's 41 problems with its audit (compared to FAMU's 35) You don't read about UF professors spending 40,000 FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH DOLLARS on office furniture, christmas parties, and bonuses. You don't hear about the financial crisis that once plaqued the University of Michigan's Athletic program. You don't hear about the multiple class action lawsuits pending against UGA, Cremson, University of Tennessee, and other top PWIs citing discrimination. You don't hear about the recruiting violations of UF, FSU, USF, UM, and other SUS schools. We're just front street; but rest assure them white folks is doing the SAME thing on a LARGER scale than we are. But let St. Pete Times, TDO, and others tell the story and you wouldn't know the WHOLE truth. FAMU is fine. We'll always be fine. FAMU has always had the graces of God on our side and that will not change because of a few ill-minded fools who hide behind anonymous tags and the first amendment to spew venom.
ReplyDeleteApparently FAMU is not alright. It seems that it is in the bottom third with regard to graduating black students. UWF is only .6 to .8 percentage points behind you.
ReplyDeleteHello FAMU can you say 39 Million? That is alot of dirty laundry!!!!!!
ReplyDelete" You don't hear about the multiple class action lawsuits pending against UGA, Cremson, University of Tennessee, and other top PWIs citing discrimination."
ReplyDeleteApparently, you do not hear about the female police officer civil rights being violated either. When Ammons was president up at his N. Carolina Central University this particular woman pleaded with Ammons on the sexual harrassment she was facing at work. What did Ammons do? Nada........To add insult to injury she was later fired.
The Federal Government recently said that her civil rights were violated. So much for HBCUs being champions of civil rights. I guess civil rights only involve black men?
NuRattler,
ReplyDeleteI think its time to consider blocking the IP addresses of the anti-FAMU spammers. They are hellbent on hijacking the comments sections of this blog.
"anti-FAMU spammers"
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to freedom of speech? So we disagree where the university is heading and you want to ban us from the blog. So much for the exchange of ideas.
What happened to freedom of speech?
ReplyDeleteIf a person doesn't like what you're saying inside his/her house, then that person can show you the door.
This blog belongs to FAMUans, not you. People like you are all over the Tallahassee Democrat, the Gradebook, and other news sites spewing hateful, libelous comments about our university.
If those other sites want to tolerate your anti-FAMU rhetoric, then fine. However, this is a pro-FAMU blog. We're not here to debate whether FAMU deserves to exist. We're here to debate the best way to move FAMU forward.
All you want to do is trash FAMU and advocate giving our academic programs to UF, FSU, and UCF. Take that garbage somewhere else.
NuRattler, please block the anti-FAMU spammer's IP address. We don't need to let this blog become a platform for FAMU's enemies.
" We're here to debate the best way to move FAMU forward."
ReplyDeleteThat is why I am here.
"If a person doesn't like what you're saying inside his/her house, then that person can show you the door."
This is a public forum and not a private club.
That is why I am here.
ReplyDeleteNo. You're here to attack FAMU's mission and make a case for closing the university down or merging it with FSU.
This is a public forum and not a private club.
The blog moderator decides what type of forum it is and what types of comments to permit. If he wants to delete anti-FAMU comments like yours, then he can.
Simply put, NuRattler has tried to give you warnings by deleting your posts and you haven't heeded them. It's time to get rid of you once and for all by blocking your IP address.
THE HELL WITH THOSES BUTT HEADS, FAMU IS A GREAT SCHOOL, ALWAYS HAS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE. NOW PUT THAT IN YOUR DAM PIPE AND SMOKE IT.
ReplyDeleteListen missions change and there is nothing wrong with that. FSU used to be for white women. Now it graduates black students at the highest rate in the state. It also produces just about as many black graduates as FAMU on a annual basis. FSU's law school is one of the best for hispanics. Missions change with the time and the major flagships and research institutions are recognizing the importance of minority recruitment,retention and graduation. Do you think UVA says we are an historically white institution there for we must remain white? Blacks at UVA have the highest graduation rate in the country. Diversity is the future!
ReplyDeleteI understand your "campaign" for diversity. What is being ignored is that college attendance is a matter of choice. To compare the experiences of the Civil Rights era with the marginal fact that their are few minorities that attend FAMU is quite preposterous. By and large, caucasians have not been discriminated against. This country has the mission to amalgamate not diversify. Diversification says that we are a part of whole with our part being appreciated and left unaltered within the whole. At the end of the day, the civic structure is arranged to reflect the predominant culture, regardless of heritage. Thus most PWI are mostly legislated to diversify without changing its original mission because in the subculture of "hidden rules" everything will still reflect the Eurocentric society. That's real. The real test would be to poll whites and others to see how many times have the considered attending an HBCUs on the choice of college list and have been rejected, biased, or not offered any assistance. This, would bring balance to your otherwise one-sided argument.
ReplyDeleteDr. Smith-FAMU Grad 95
Looks like UCF is making a try for our Law School. Damn!
ReplyDeleteFAM ain't gonna let those $#%&^%$ do it!!