Here’s a preview of two of the editorials we’ll have ready for you next week:
The FAMU Board of Trustees has had very serious problems over the years when it comes to fulfilling its policymaking and supervision roles.
Back in 2007, the Southern Association of Colleges of Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) said the FAMU Board of Trustees was in noncompliance with “Principles of Accreditation” Standard 2.2 entitled “Governing Board.” It requires universities to have “an active policymaking body.” The SACSCOC ruling came after the FAMU board failed to take effective actions to hold the university’s then-interim administration accountable.
Back in 2007, the Southern Association of Colleges of Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) said the FAMU Board of Trustees was in noncompliance with “Principles of Accreditation” Standard 2.2 entitled “Governing Board.” It requires universities to have “an active policymaking body.” The SACSCOC ruling came after the FAMU board failed to take effective actions to hold the university’s then-interim administration accountable.
We’ll look at how major policy changes relating to FAMU’s
duties in the College of Engineering were announced in 2015 even though the
FAMU board had not taken votes to approve them.
Thrasher wins decades-long power struggle to take
engineering budget away from FAMU
Former Florida State University (FSU) Presidents Sandy D’Alemberte
and T.K. Wetherell both tried to have the fiscal agent/budget manager duties
for the College of Engineering transferred from FAMU to FSU. But each of them failed to
accomplish that goal. Rattler Nation will comment on how current FSU President
John Thrasher finally got the FSU the fiscal agent designation.