graduation rate
graduation rate
June 28, 2018
FAMU’s six-year graduation rate higher than FAU’s was while Tripp was a trustee
June 28, 2018
Norman Tripp , a member of the Florida Board of Governors (BOG), loves to talk down to Florida A&M University ab…
Student Affairs
March 27, 2018
FAMU's grad rate improvement efforts will benefit from Pell Grant increase
March 27, 2018
The $1.3 trillion federal budget signed into law on March 23, 2018 includes a boost in the maximum Pell Grant amount.…
media
February 01, 2018
Toldson: AJC published b.s. ("bad stats") article on HBCU graduation rates
February 01, 2018
Ivory A. Toldson , former director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities and …
STEM
August 13, 2017
FAMU seeking more support to boost STEM education, graduation rate
August 13, 2017
As students head back to campus for the fall semester, Florida A&M University (FAMU) officials and stakeholders a…
graduation rate
May 17, 2017
FAMU’s graduation rates, enrollment stand to benefit from Pell Grant, SAG boosts
May 17, 2017
Current and future Rattler students stand to reap big benefits from the recent boost to the federal Pell Grant progr…
graduation rate
March 29, 2017
SB 2 could help FAMU’s access rate funding, but make grad rate funding more difficult
March 29, 2017
Florida Senate President Joe Negron at FAMU in April, 2016 Senate Bill (SB) 2 could make it more difficult for Fl…
graduation rate
March 21, 2017
Alexander says changes to grad rate measure in performance funding are unfair to FAMU
March 21, 2017
Yesterday, State Rep. Ramon Alexander , D-Tallahassee, cast a “no” vote against a bill that would change the preferre…
opinions
November 15, 2016
Performance-based funding a problem, but it isn’t “killing” FAMU
November 15, 2016
Rattler Nation has written for years about why funding in the State University System of Florida (SUS) shouldn’t be t…
graduation rate
September 06, 2016
2007: Maxwell fails to fact check Castell's inaccurate information about student scholars
September 06, 2016
The inaccurate information that former FAMU Interim President Castell Bryant spread about a cohort of National Achi…
opinions
September 08, 2015
Tripp’s record at FAU disqualifies him from criticizing FAMU’s graduation rate
September 08, 2015
Norman Tripp was a member of the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Board of Trustees for more than six years and s…
graduation rate
March 16, 2015
FAMU invests $7.2M in performance funding to help graduation and retention rates
March 16, 2015
FAMU has invested $7.2M in new performance funds from the Florida Legislature into a number of initiatives to boost t…
opinions
August 08, 2012
Brogan's FAU record disqualifies him from criticizing FAMU's grad rate
August 08, 2012
Frank Brogan led Florida Atlantic University (FAU) for six years and never pulled the six year graduation rate abov…
media
July 23, 2012
FAMU's grad rate neck-and-neck with FAU and FIU's despite its profile admit rate
July 23, 2012
The Orlando Sentinel , following the lead of the Florida Board of Governors, is dedicating lots of attention to FAMU…
opinions
July 06, 2012
HBCU Digest rips Orlando Sentinel's coverage of FAMU's graduation rate
July 06, 2012
Editorial board members and reporters at the Orlando Sentinel have bombarded their newspaper’s pages in recent month…
graduation rate
July 05, 2012
Graduation rate for Class of 2014 will be big test for Ammons
July 05, 2012
FAMU's six-year graduation rate has attracted lots of news coverage, lately. FAMU President James H. Ammons' …
graduation rate
July 03, 2012
Studies: Students who want bachelor’s degrees do best when they start at four-year colleges
July 03, 2012
On June 20, 2012, Board of Governors (BOG) member Norman Tripp asked FAMU President James Ammons why he doesn't…
opinions
June 21, 2012
FAMU should be able to expand doctoral programs despite graduation rate, just like FAU
June 21, 2012
Yesterday, a number of members of the Florida Board of Governors (BOG) attacked FAMU’s doctoral program ambitions wit…
university relations
October 25, 2011
Financial aid, advising, and housing key to FAMU's graduation rate strategy
October 25, 2011
For the past three years, FAMU's lower division students (those with fewer than 60 credit hours) have taken higher …
graduation rate
October 24, 2011
FAMU’s freshmen, sophomores taking higher course loads than UF’s
October 24, 2011
Ammons has pulled FAMU back from the course load cliff President James H. Ammons’ administration has reversed FAMU’s t…