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Hmmm... Lemme see... All was well and good at FAMU up until Jeb Bush (R) took office. Bush removes/dissolves FL Board of Regents (which governed higher ed) then creates the Board of Governors (republiklan water carriers) of which he has the privilege to seat ALL of the members (republiklan water carriers). The rules are then changed in that the governor has the privilege to seat members (republiklan water carriers) of the Board of Trustees (republiklan water carriers) of each university with the exception of a seat for the faculty rep and a seat for the president of the student body. That body then select a president (republiklan water carrier) to head the university. The above selected individuals (republiklan water carriers that were chosen for FAMU by design) are either clueless as to how to run a university, stupid, crooked, or all of the above. I'll take "All of the above for $400, Alex!" Of the other state run PWC institutions, members of their BOTs (republiklan water carriers) brought something to the table, including wealth, corporate connections, access to big money. Members appointed to FAMU's BOTs (republiklan water carriers) brought about as much to the table as you did oldspit (republiklan water carrier). Nothing. Nadda! They (the republiklan water carriers) have contributed not one dime to the university. A casual football fan attending a game has spent more at the concession stand than they have. Is there a picture forming here for you?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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FAMU folk were not crying too loud. If you and others had gone to the liberal Florida media or press with this type stuff they would have eaten it up to get at JEB Bush. Of course, you or others didn't scream or blow the whistle. No, JEB Bush can be held no more responsible for this financial mess at FAMU than he could be held responsible for causing the hurricanes that hit Florida during his administration. Get Real! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I owe Morgan a debt I can never fully repay. |
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I'm just showing up for moral support. I don't really have anything to add. Don't have a firm enough grasp of the facts to accuse Jeb of deliberately sabotaging FAMU.
I will say that I am highly dissapointed in Castell Bryant(Bush appointee). Her mandate and primary responsibility was to set the books straight. Apparently, she failed. This sad state of affairs comes to light after she has received all these glowing commendations from the Governor Bush and Florida leaders. She is to FAMU what Mike Brown was to FEMA. Its Sad. But this too shall pass. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ If you wish to increase the level of your achievement, you must first increase the level of your commitment |
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I know you are a man of facts Wildman, but based on the number and veracity of audit findings, would it be fair to say the books got worse under the Bush appointee? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The top HBCU in athletics and academics!!! FAMU Baby |
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What's BUDDY P doing |
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This mess at FAMU started long ago...
Published Sunday, July 2, 2006 Rash of Controversies Staggers Florida A&M By Lloyd Dunkelberger Ledger Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE -- Florida A&M University is once again beset with turmoil. Over the last few weeks, the state's only public historically black university has received a critical state audit. Eight business professors were abruptly laid off. An internal auditor, who said he was investigating administration officials, was put on leave. And the head of the school's national alumni association called upon the school's top trustee to resign. The school has also gone without a permanent president for the last year and a half, with the prospect of finding a new leader taking as long as August 2007 to resolve. The school's slumping enrollment means fewer black students are attending Florida colleges, hurting the state's ability to award degrees to a critical minority group. All of this has led to frustration for some FAMU supporters who believe the problems are tarnishing the school's image and making it more difficult to attract students. "How can we go from the college of the year in 1997 to chaos?" asked Clyde Ashley, a FAMU business professor who was upset over the dismissal of eight of his business school colleagues in late May. Many put the blame on Dr. Castell Bryant, who was named interim president in January 2005 and quickly instituted a gettough policy to try to straighten out long-standing problems at the school, including the handling of the school's finances. The controversies prompted Dr. Alvin Bryant, a Virginia surgeon who is president of FAMU's national alumni association, to insist this week that Bryant be replaced by no later than this December with a permanent president. He also called for the resignation of Challis Lowe, chairwoman of the school's board of trustees, saying she had failed to live up to her oversight duties. Bryant said he was sorry to put his school "in an adverse light." "But it has come to a drastic situation and some drastic measures need to be taken," he said. During a nine-hour board of trustees meeting last week, President Bryant and Lowe defended their actions. They insist the decisions being made by the administration are aimed at correcting deficiencies at the school, ranging from sloppy bookkeeping to unqualified personnel. If those problems aren't corrected, FAMU could lose its accreditation by 2008. In defending Bryant, Lowe said her policies are bringing about the "structural, systemic and programmatic changes" FAMU will need to win re-accreditation. "We don't need a caretaker," she said. "We need a dragon slayer." Bryant said her actions were aimed at creating a "more exciting, efficient and motivated learning and research environment." But to do that, she said FAMU has to resolve its lingering institutional problems. "I had no idea of the severity of those problems when I came to this institution," she said. Those problems were underscored by a new state audit that showed although FAMU finished its 2004-2005 budget year with a $2.7 million surplus -- as opposed to a deficit when Bryant first took over -- the school is still not adequately able to account for how it handles its $398 million budget. Bryant said correcting those financial problems is part of her plan to provide a top-level education to FAMU students and to attract the best professors, rather than relying on the school's past accomplishments. "We cannot go on doing things the way we have," she said. "We need to make history, not just talk about it." THE `SBI EIGHT' But the action that seems to have triggered the greatest outcry came in late May when eight professors at the School of Business and Industry received certified letters telling them they would be laid off from their jobs by June 30. They were given five days to clear out their offices. The professors, who became known as the "SBI Eight," said they were stunned by the action. They were part of the school's professional development unit that had helped the business school win national acclaim. Administration officials said the professors were laid off because most of them lacked the credentials that would be necessary to win a separate accreditation for the business school. They also said they were being removed because the school was going to put less emphasis on professional development and more on other academic programs. But the professors said no one ever explained that to them. Further, they and their union representatives say the school blatantly violated its collective bargaining agreement with the faculty by the manner in which the layoffs were carried out. "How do we feel?" said Thomas Jefferson, a management professor who earned a master's degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "We feel worse than dirt. I have never seen an organization that could be so mean and callous." School trustees seemed to sympathize with the professors' plight, saying the union agreement needs to be honored and the layoffs could have been handled in a better fashion. But the administration's announcement that the layoff letters would be rescinded and that the professors would be placed with another group of FAMU professors who are in danger of losing their jobs by December unless they can correct qualification deficiencies did not seem to placate the group. "Now they want to redo the letter. Why? Because they screwed up," Jefferson said. On Friday, the faculty union filed paperwork to begin a grievance procedure over the layoffs. THE INTERNAL AUDITOR Another controversial move by Bryant came a few weeks ago when she placed Michael Brown, the school's interim inspector general, on paid administrative leave. Brown said the action came after he began an investigation "of very serious allegations involving senior administration officials." Neither Brown nor his attorney, Hubert Brown, would elaborate on what exactly the investigation involved. But Brown said his client should never have been put on administrative leave "for simply doing his job." FAMU President Bryant provided few details about why she removed Brown from his job, other than saying it was done as part of an "administrative review" and that the state auditor general is helping with it. A NEW PRESIDENT Some argue that the recent turmoil at FAMU would be more quickly resolved if the Board of Trustees moved quicker on finding a replacement for Bryant, who says she is not interested in becoming the permanent president and has only agreed to serve until the end of 2007. Critics say the trustees have dragged out the process, although the board voted last week to hire a Chicago-based search firm, the Hollins Group, to begin the search. The trustees set a deadline of August 2007 for the search, although Bryant could be replaced at any time as long as she is given 60 days notice. The FAMU alumni group and some student leaders said they would like to see a quicker search process. They say the school will remain in a state of flux until a new leader is found and that it will be more difficult to attract students, professors and deans until it is settled. "The students are becoming restless," said Ramon Alexander, a former student body president. "They're ready to move forward with a permanent president to come in and provide a long-term vision for FAMU." Lowe, the head trustee, defended the search process, saying she talked to another university president who assured her that a new president would be grateful to come into a school "where a lot of heavy lifting and tough issues had already been dealt with." And she said the school can still go forward in finding new deans -- including those to lead the business and law schools -before the new president takes office. Lowe said Bryant's actions are all aimed at helping the school and its next president. "We need someone in that office who is not afraid to make tough and even unpopular decisions," Lowe said. "Someone who will prepare the way for the permanent president to have a solid foundation to build on." http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/200.../NEWS/607020380/1039 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I owe Morgan a debt I can never fully repay. |
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WHY NOT? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A RATTLER WILL STRIKE,STRIKE AND STRIKE AGAIN!!!<br />No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.IASIAH 54:17 |
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Oh, we'll be fine. The new kid on the block actually likes us. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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Read the article below...Especially the comment that FAMU for a long time was not held to the same standard as other Florida Universities. This atmosphere was created under freewheeling Fred and his liberal croonies. Now, the chickens have come home to roost as more stringent oversight is taking place.
Follow the money and fix FAMU A Times Editorial Published March 6, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What will it take to fix the financial mess at Florida A&M University? After years of trying, the historically black college still has few answers. Recognized in 1997 by Time magazine and the Princeton Review as college of the year, FAMU's public image has deteriorated because of its million-dollar deficits, inadequate financial controls and byzantine accounting system. A new accounting report by outside auditor KPMG found spending exceeded the university's budget by $51-million, six-figure deficits in the housing and athletic departments, and a record-keeping system so confusing that large sums of money cannot be traced. The situation has gotten worse instead of better, and it requires a strong state response. FAMU's interim president, Castell Bryant, is trying to clean it all up, but she needs help. The school should conduct a forensic audit, which is a more detailed examination of the finances. With so much money flying around, someone needs to make sure the gross incompetence did not extend to fraud and corruption. Gov. Jeb Bush and the Board of Governors, which oversees state universities, also should take a more active role and ensure that FAMU returns to solid financial footing. Meanwhile, the unproductive blame game at FAMU continues. Bryant took office in January after Fred Gainous was fired, in part, for failing to put the school's finances in order. Gainous blamed his predecessor, Frederick Humphries, for concealing FAMU's financial problems and improperly borrowing money from one department to cover the needs in another. Bryant's supporters have blamed Gainous for firing key financial employees too quickly, making it tougher for outside analysts to sort out the books. For too long, FAMU has not been held to the same standards as other universities. Imagine such a financial meltdown at the University of Florida or Florida State University. There would be a public outcry, and state officials would be tripping over themselves to fix it. But former members of the now-dissolved Board of Regents have acknowledged they feared being labeled as insensitive to African-Americans if they raised too many questions about the way FAMU operated. That atmosphere, which Humphries helped create, resulted in a lack of aggressive oversight that could have stopped the financial bleeding sooner. Throwing money at the problem is not the long-term solution. New FAMU trustees board president Challis Lowe prudently says the current financial records are too unclear to determine if the school even needs the money some legislators are too eager to provide. More state money ultimately may be required to bail out the university, but FAMU needs to straighten out its financial house first. FAMU's trustees recognize the seriousness of the situation and the potential threat it poses to the university's future, and the interim president is working diligently to turn things around. That is encouraging, but it is not enough. The governor, the Board of Governors and state legislators have an obligation to all taxpayers and to FAMU's students to see to it that money was spent appropriately and that the school can properly manage its finances. Otherwise, a proud university with a unique place in Florida history may soon be a shadow of its former self. [Last modified March 6, 2005, 00:13:18] http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/06/Opinion/Follow_the_money_and_.shtml _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I owe Morgan a debt I can never fully repay. |
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I hear this "this too will pass" refrain from Aggies about A&T current woes. Some black people think that state funded HBCUs won't be abolished. I agree with them in that the buildings will not go away and maybe the name will not go away but the mission could be gone and the student majority black population would soon fade to white.
Crying racism may not be enough to combat such a change. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Aggie Jazz |
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I say it's not the Republicans that created the atmosphere that prevented oversight at FAMU. It was liberal paternalism that existing as far back as I can remember. It really rose during the administration of Fred Humphries. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I owe Morgan a debt I can never fully repay. |
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Einstein...do you think that the state AG would sign off on a bad audit, FOR YEARS, just to appease an entity?? AGAINST STATE LAW??? Ain't NO WHITE MAN gonna put himself in that position for yo' black azz. You REALLY need to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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Yes, in the era of political correctness and racial sensitivity. Oh, L yes. It went on. The facts are right in your DYAM face. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I owe Morgan a debt I can never fully repay. |
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You don't really believe what you just typed, do you? You know the news media and press are not gonna do any such type of thing unless it's something bad. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THIS IS SPARRRRTA!!!!! Do what you GOT TO DO, in order to do what you WANT TO DO. |
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You weren't here. You're NOT here. Talking out of your azz does not make one thing you say right, so move along cuz you have NO CLUE as to what you're posting about beyond what you read or hear. "Believe none of what you read and only half of what you see". Good advice... _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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